RESOLUTION CALLING OUT SPECIAL ELECTION

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

The document is 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 proposed charter 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 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. The resolution includes provisions for notice, ballot form, early voting, vote-by-mail ballots, sample ballots, and canvassing by the County Canvassing Board. No specific project, site, or development is described in the document.