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 or by telephone (number to be provided at a later date).

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.