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File Number: 17918 Final Action Date: 7/24/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CHARTER"), FOR
CONSIDERATION AT THE REFERENDUM SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON NOVEMBER 4, 2025, PROPOSING, UPON APPROVAL OF THE
ELECTORATE, TO AMEND SECTION 4(G) OF THE CHARTER, TITLED
"FORM OF GOVERNMENT; NOMINATION AND ELECTION/POWERS AND
DUTIES OF MAYOR," TO PROVIDE THAT ALL MEETINGS AND
COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS,
RELATED TO A MATTER OF OFFICIAL CITY BUSINESS OR WHICH WILL
FORESEEABLY COME BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION, SHALL ONLY
OCCUR AT A PUBLICLY NOTICED MEETING, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL
TIMES, AND MINUTES OF THE MEETING MUST BE TAKEN AND PROMPTLY
RECORDED; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT THIS AMENDMENT WILL BE
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON APPROVAL BY THE ELECTORATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Joe Carollo
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") was incorporated by the Florida Legislature in
1896 and operates pursuant to the Charter of the City of Miami, Florida ("Charter"); and
WHEREAS, the Charter has been amended from time to time as the governance of the
City has evolved; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission believes the proposed amendment to the Charter to
provide that all meetings and communications between the Mayor and City Commissioners,
related to a matter of official City business or which will foreseeably come before the City
Commission, shall only occur at a publicly noticed meeting, open to the public at all times, and
minutes of the meeting must be taken and promptly recorded, and providing that, upon approval
of the electorate, this amendment will be immediately effective, is in the best interest of the
residents of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to submit the above -mentioned proposed
amendment to the electorate, for approval or disapproval, at the Referendum Special Election to
be held on November 4, 2026, or such earlier date as determined by the City Commission;
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.
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Section 2. The City Attorney is directed to prepare an amendment to the Charter, for
consideration at the Referendum Special Election to be held on November 4, 2025, or such
earlier date as determined by the City Commission, proposing, upon approval of the electorate,
to amend section 4(g) of the charter, titled "Form of government; nomination and
election/Powers and duties of mayor," to provide that all meetings and communications between
the Mayor and City Commissioners, related to a matter of official City business or which will
foreseeably come before the City Commission, shall only occur at a publicly noticed meeting,
open to the public at all times, and minutes of the meeting must be taken and promptly
recorded, and providing that upon approval of the electorate, the amendment will be
immediately effective.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ge Wys n9 III, C y ttor -y 7/15/2025
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