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 in conjunction with the November 3, 2026 General Election to submit to voters a question on 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 on 7/13/2026, 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 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'.