Miami-Dade County ’s Charter Review Task Force will hold a workshop to include public comment on Tuesday, August 14 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center located at 111 N.W. 1st St. Miami in the Commission Chambers on the 2nd floor.
The interactive workshop, to be broadcast live on Miami-Dade TV and live via webcast on www.miamidade.gov/webcast, will allow residents to provide comments regarding the 12 issues that the Task Force will study during this charter review process. Not only can residents provide comments in-person, they can also e-mail comments to charter@miamidade.gov.
Issues approved for study by the Task Force at their August 1 meeting includes (what interest me -- the entire list is in comments): Lobbying Reform; Ethics Regulations and Annexation, Public ‘Records and Zoning and Urban Development Boundary (UDB) reform. Also we need at large commissioners!
From the Herald today:
"The 21-member panel plans to take up a dozen issues, including at-large commissioners, citizen petition drives, the balance of power between the mayor and commission, lobbying reform and rules for moving the Urban Development Boundary.
Last Wednesday's meeting gave a taste of the controversy to come when task force member and lobbyist Miguel De Grandy (Natacha Seijas' appointment) suggested dropping the issue of at-large commissioners."
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Issues approved for study by the Task Force at their August 1 meeting includes:
Sherriff, Tax Collector, Property Appraiser and Supervisor of Elections being elected; the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners (BCC) compensation; BCC Composition; Initiative, Referendum, Petition and Recalls; Procurement Reform; Balance of Power between the Mayor and BCC (functions of Mayor vs. County Manager and Powers of Commission Auditor); Lobbying Reform; Ethics Regulations; Municipalities and Unincorporated Municipal Service Area (UMSA) Services (Creating and Abolishing Municipalities, Separation of Powers or Responsibilities between the County and Municipalities, and Annexation or Incorporation in Effort to Eliminate UMSA); Public ‘Records; and Zoning and Urban Development Boundary (UDB) reform.
I think this is a scary scary bunch.
Emails ought to be interesting. Maybe we should address them all to the attention of Ms. Seijas, so someone can answer on her behalf.
So what are the possibilities for activists that can come from participating in this process?
The Taskforce meetings are public meetings in the Sunshine - Activists should attend.
Moreover, there will be public workshops offered to create discussion on the Charter Amendment Issues.
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