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...

  The community is invited to attend a Miami Lakes Town Hall meeting on the Greenways and Trails Master Plan at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7, in the Council Chambers at the Government Center, 6601 Main Street. The plan will be presented by Tony Lopez, director of Community and Leisure Services. Miami Lakes received grant funding through the Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to develop a Greenways and Trails Master...

  During the November 5 highly contested Florida Gubernatorial race between incumbent Republican Rick Scott and former Governor Charlie Crist, now a Democrat, Miami Lakes residents will also vote for candidates running for a Town Council Seat and three charter amendments, two State Representative positions and Miami-Dade Property Appraisal. Political neophyte Xiomara Pazos is challenging incumbent Ceasar Mestre for Seat 6 on the Miami...