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File Number: 18763 File Type: Resolution
Revision:
File Name: Direct CA - Draft Charter Amendment - Mayor
Elections Date
Requesting Dept: Commissioners and Mayor
Status: WITHDRAWN
Controlling Body: City Commission
Introduced: 1/8/2026
Final Action Date: 5/14/2026
Title: 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
SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH THE PRIMARY
GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION ON AUGUST 18, 2026, PROPOSING, UPON
APPROVAL OF THE ELECTORATE, AMENDING SECTION 4(B) OF THE CHARTER,
TITLED "FORM OF GOVERNMENT; NOMINATION AND ELECTION/ELECTION OF
MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION; TERMS OF OFFICE; RECALL," SECTION 7 OF
THE CHARTER, TITLED "ELECTION OF CITY COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR," AND
SECTION 12 OF THE CHARTER, TITLED "FILLING VACANCIES FOR MAYOR AND
COMMISSION," TO CHANGE THE NOVEMBER 2029 GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE
OFFICE OF MAYOR TO AUGUST 2028, THEREBY SHORTENING THE CURRENT
2025-2029 TERM FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR TO THREE (3) YEARS, AND
PROVIDING THAT ALL SUBSEQUENT YEARS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTIONS AND
RUN-OFF ELECTIONS OF THE CITY FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR TO BE HELD
EVERY FOUR (4) YEARS THEREAFTER SO THE DATES OF THE GENERAL
ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR ARE CONCURRENT WITH ANY
STATEWIDE OR COUNTYWIDE ELECTION; FURTHER MODIFYING THE RUN-OFF
ELECTION SCHEDULE TO NOVEMBER 2028, AMENDING THE PERIOD FOR
QUALIFICATION, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF EXISTING TERMS
OF OFFICE DUE TO SAID CHANGE; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT UPON APPROVAL
OF THE ELECTORATE, THIS AMENDMENT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE.
Sponsor(s): Mayor Eileen T. Higgins
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Revision: Acting Body: Date:
Action:
Result:
Legislative Division
Domini J. Gibbs
Donovan Dawson
Marie Gouin
George K. Wysong III
City Commission
City Commission
City Commission
1 /21 /2026
1/22/2026
2/2/2026
2/3/2026
2/3/2026
2/26/2026
2/26/2026
4/9/2026
Legislative Division Review
ACA Review
Budget Analyst Review
Budget Review
Approved Form and
Correctness
Meeting
DEFERRED
Meeting
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Passed
Completed
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City Commission
City Commission
City Commission
City Commission
City Commission
City of Miami
Master Report
Enactment
4/9/2026
4/23/2026
4/23/2026
5/14/2026
5/14/2026
Number:
DEFERRED
Meeting
DEFERRED
Meeting
WITHDRAWN
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Passed
Completed
Passed
Completed
Passed
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