For Immediate Release:
July 16, 2007

Media Contact:
Jessica Pfeffer
jpfeffe@miamidade.gov
305-375-3850



Miami-Dade County's Charter Review Task Force to Discuss the Home Rule Charter

 


(Miami-Dade County, FL) -- 
Miami-Dade County’s Charter Review Task Force will meet to discuss the Home Rule Charter on Monday, July 23, 2007 at 10 a.m. at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center located at 111 N.W. 1st St. Miami, Fla. in conference rooms 18-3 and 18-4. The Task Force will be conducted by its Chairman, attorney Victor M. Diaz, Jr.

As first order of business, the board will discuss a resolution which asks the Task Force to review whether the property appraiser, tax collector, sheriff, or supervisor of elections should be elected positions subject to recalls by Miami-Dade County voters. The board has invited Broward County’s elected Sheriff Ken Jenne, Supervisor of Elections Dr. Brenda C. Snipes and Property Appraiser Lori Parrish to advise on the benefits of elected positions.

For more information on the Charter Review Task Force and to provide public comments, please visit www.miamidade.gov/charterreview.

The Miami-Dade County Home Rule Charter was adopted in 1957 -- essentially becoming the "constitution" for Miami-Dade County. Section 9.08 of the Home Rule Charter requires that the Board review the Charter at least once every five-year period to determine whether or not there is a need for revision of the Charter.


 
Who: Charter Review Task Force

What:Charter Review Meeting

When: July 23, 2007, 10:00 a.m.

Where:Stephen P. Clark Government Center, 111 N.W. 1st St, 18th fl, Miami, FL 33128, Conference Rooms 18-3 and 18-4


 

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