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Resolution: R-07-0665
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File Number: 07-01380 Final Action Date: 11/9/2007
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION RESCINDING RESOLUTION
NO. 07-0626, ADOPTED OCTOBER 25, 2007, IN ITS ENTIRETY, THEREBY
CANCELING THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION THAT WAS TO BE HELD IN
CONJUNCTION WITH A STATEWIDE ELECTION ON JANUARY 29, 2008, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
THE FOLLOWING STRAW BALLOT QUESTION: " WOULD YOU SUPPORTA
VOTER PETITION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD SUBMIT A
PROPOSAL TO COUNTY VOTERS TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO AMEND THE
COUNTY CHARTER TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE COUNTY
PROPERTY APPRAISER, INSTEAD OF THE COUNTY MAYOR APPOINTING THE
COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER?;" FURTHER AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING
THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE HEREIN RESOLUTION
TO BE DELIVERED TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OF MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 07-0626, adopted October 25, 2007, the City Commission
called for a special municipal election to be held in conjunction with a statewide election, on January
29, 2008, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City of Miami a straw ballot
question, which would have had no binding or obligatory effect regardless of the voters' approval or
disapproval, relating to whether they would support a voter petition requesting the Board of
Miami -Dade County Commissioners to adopt an ordinance that would submit a proposal to County
voters to vote on whether to amend the County Charter to provide for the election of the County
Property Appraiser, instead of the County Mayor appointing the County Property Appraiser; and
WHEREAS, the Miami -Dade County Board of Commissioners on November 6, 2007, adopted a
resolution calling for a countywide special election in Miami -Dade County, Florida, to be held on
January 29, 2008, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of Miami -Dade County the question of
whether the Miami -Dade County Home Rule Charter shall be amended to provide the transfer of the
duties of the county property appraiser from a person appointed and supervised by the mayor to a
person elected and subject to recall by the voters;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Resolution No. 07-0626, adopted October 25, 2007, is rescinded in its entirety, thereby
canceling the special municipal election that was to be held in conjunction with a statewide election
on January 29, 2008, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of the City of Miami the following
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straw ballot question: " Would you support a voter petition requesting the Board of Miami -Dade
County Commissioners to adopt an ordinance that would submit a proposal to county voters to vote
on whether to amend the County Charter to provide for the election of the County Property Appraiser,
instead of the County Mayor appointing the County Property Appraiser?"
Section 3. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to cause a certified copy of this Resolution to
be delivered to the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
Footnotes:
{1} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission
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