RESOLUTION CALLING OUT SPECIAL ELECTION

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-07-21 · resolution

The document is a legislative item for a resolution calling a countywide special election in Miami-Dade County, Florida, to be held in conjunction with the general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the purpose of submitting to the electors the question of whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to create an independent salary commission to determine compensation for the Board of County Commissioners. The resolution was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on July 21, 2026. The file number is 261181, and the reference is R-680-26. The prime sponsor is Danielle Cohen Higgins. The Charter Review Task Force recommended the amendment by a vote of nine in favor and one against. The ballot question asks whether to replace the fixed annual salary for County Commissioners with an independent, five-member Salary Commission appointed by the Chief Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, State Attorney, Public Defender, Executive Director of the Commission on Ethics, and Inspector General, with all decisions final without modification by the Board. No specific project site, address, parcel, acreage, or construction scope is described in this document.