Town of Miami Lakes now offers a Code Enforcement Lien Amnesty Program as an incentive to property owners with outstanding liens to bring their property into compliance, and become eligible for as much as an 85 percent reduction in the amount owed on their lien. Both residential and commercial property owners are eligible to apply. The application period started October 1, and runs to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2015. The deadline...

  A Candidate Forum for the November 4 General Election will be held at 12 noon on Wednesday, October 8, at Miami Lakes Government Center, 6601 Main Street. Town Council Seats 2, 4 and 6 are up for reelection. Councilmembers Tim Daubert (Seat 2) and Frank Mingo (Seat 4) may attend the Forum but will not be participating as they are unopposed for their Council seats and are elected to a four-year term. Councilmember Ceasar Mestre,...

  Miami Lakes approved a new $30 million budget for 2014-2015 and kept the same rate of 2.3518 for property taxes to generate $7 million in revenue, restored the funding for the town’s committees but shelved reinstating the contentious waste haulers fee. At the second and final budget hearing last week, facing a $1 million shortfall, councilmembers unanimously approved the spending plan and tax rate and cleared up some...

  Mayor Wayne Slaton welcomed a crowd of 130 attendees  at a recent Commercial Industrial Association of South Florida (CIASF) event hosted by Miami Lakes to release its new 2014 Commercial Financing Report. CIASF is a non-profit organization of business leaders involved in the development, design, construction, sales, and leasing of Industrial and commercial real estate in South Florida. Slaton is pictured with CIASF president...

  Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Manny Cid was recently appointed chairman of the 2014-2015 Growth Management and Economic Affairs Legislative Policy Committee for the Florida League of Cities (FLC). “I thank FLC president and City of Miramar Mayor Lori Mosely for appointing me as chair of the statewide policy committee,” Cid said. “Representing our residents on the FLC growth management and economic development committee is a...