Voters make changes to Miami Lakes Town Charter

On Tuesday Miami Lakers voted to keep the council as six members with the mayor, but did make other changes to the Town Charter.

Residents saw 15 charter amendments on their ballots as created by the charter revision commission comprised of residents who meet every 10 years to propose changes to the town council. 

Changes to the charter voted on by residents were:

• Revising procedures for filling Town Council and mayoral vacancies won with 72% of the vote
• January term commencement and annual vice-mayor election won with 74% of the vote
• Resign-to-run vacancies filled at next regularly scheduled town election won with 78% of the vote
• Two-term lifetime limit for mayor and councilmembers won with 78% of the vote
• Election procedure: November general election with December run off won with 76% of the vote
• Replacing Town Manager appointment of the Town Clerk with appointment by the Town Council won with 71% of the vote
• Confirming recall petition signature requirement with State Law won with 74% of the vote
• Early voting requirement for elections won with 79% of the vote
• Charter technical amendments: updated terminology and grammatical clean up won with 65% of the vote
• Filling council vacancies won with 73% of the vote
• Reducing councilmembers from six to four and updating council voting thresholds lost with 54% of the vote
• Administrative update: Town Manager removal and acting manager won with 71% of the vote
• Mayor’s Duties: committees, intergovernmental relations and annual address won with 74% of the vote
• Amending the charter revision commission process won with 62% of the vote
• Interference with administration won with 54% of the vote

For full coverage of local ballot issues, see the November 20^th edition of The Miami Laker.