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Miami-Dade County Charter Amendment: Establish an Independent Salary Commission

Unofficial result: Passed

Source: enr.electionsfl.org

Miami-Dade County, Florida
My vote power: High

What does this measure do?

This amendment would replace county commissioners' fixed yearly pay with salaries set each year by a five-member independent commission. County taxpayers would pay the salaries it sets.

Read the official ballot measure

Proposed by: Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners (Resolution R-680-26, sponsor Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins, District 8)

Cohen Higgins is the District 8 commissioner for southeast Miami-Dade. The ideas come from a county charter review panel. This one has an independent panel set commissioner pay.

Source: miamidade.gov

A YES vote means

An independent commission would set county commissioner salaries each year under the charter.

A NO vote means

Commissioner pay would stay under the current charter rule.