2026 CHARTER AMENDMENTS (TECHNICAL CHANGES)

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

The document is a resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners calling a countywide special election to be held in conjunction with the General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of Miami-Dade County the question of whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to make certain technical changes, including updating certain listed County locations to current name, allowing for additional methods of public notice and virtual participation by commissioners when otherwise allowed by state law, and ensuring consistent stylistic conventions for numbering, gender, capitalization, and grammar. The resolution was introduced on 6/26/2026, forwarded to the BCC with a favorable recommendation as corrected by the Policy Council on 7/13/2026 and 7/14/2026, and adopted on 7/21/2026. A scrivener's error was corrected on 7/9/2026, replacing the reference to 'Resolution No. R-255-24' with 'Resolution No. R-225-24' on Page MDC003. The Charter Review Task Force recommended the amendment by a vote of ten in favor and zero against. The ballot question will appear as 'CHARTER AMENDMENT MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND TECHNICAL CHANGES' with a yes/no option. The resolution references Resolution No. R-225-24, approved on March 19, 2024, which created the Charter Review Task Force.