RESOLUTION CALLING OUT SPECIAL ELECTION

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

Resolution adopted on 7/21/2026 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 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 proposed amendment would 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. The Charter Review Task Force recommended the referendum by a vote of nine in favor and one against. The resolution was introduced on 6/26/2026, forwarded to the Board with a favorable recommendation as corrected on 7/13/2026 and 7/14/2026, and adopted on 7/21/2026. A scrivener's error was corrected on 7/9/2026 and 7/13/2026, replacing 'Resolution No. R-255-24' with 'Resolution No. R-225-24' in the first Whereas clause. The election will be held countywide; no specific street address, parcel, acreage, or construction project is stated.