RESOLUTION CALLING OUT SPECIAL ELECTION

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

The document is a resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Commission 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 a question on 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 introduced on 6/26/2026, adopted on 7/21/2026, and references Resolution No. R-225-24. The proposed 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 that annually reviews and sets Commissioner salaries based on specific criteria, with all decisions being final without modification by the Board of County Commissioners. The Charter Review Task Force recommended the amendment by a vote of nine in favor and one against. No specific project, site, or construction work is described.