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Votes at a glance: Sunrise commission approves first readings, budget amendment, signage plan and appointments (Aug. 12, 2025)

August 12, 2025 | Sunrise, Broward County, Florida


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Votes at a glance: Sunrise commission approves first readings, budget amendment, signage plan and appointments (Aug. 12, 2025)
The Sunrise City Commission on Aug. 12, 2025 took multiple routine legislative and administrative actions, voting unanimously (3-0) on several first readings and other agenda matters. Key items approved or advanced:

- Plan unit development / affordable housing floor-area amendment (Agenda item 12a): The commission held a public hearing and approved, on first reading, an ordinance amending Chapter 16 (Land Development Code) to authorize requests for reduced minimum floor area for certain affordable-housing projects. Vote: 3-0 (Assistant Deputy Mayor Jacqueline Guzman moved; Commissioner Latoya Clark seconded).

- FY 2024–25 budget amendment (Agenda item 12b): The commission approved first reading of an ordinance amending the general fund for FY24–25 (budget ordinance number cited in staff report). Vote: 3-0.

- Amendment to ordinance 7-15-x (personnel/human resources item) (Agenda item 12c): The commission advanced an ordinance as amended on first reading (staff: Jamie Ketchup, director of human resources). Vote: 3-0.

- Uniform signage plan amendment — Sawgrass Mills Mall (Agenda item 12d): The commission approved adoption of the amended uniform signage plan for Sawgrass Mills Mall by first reading. Vote: 3-0.

- Appointment to Sustainability Advisory Board (Agenda item 7a): The commission appointed Senisa Osborne as an ex officio high-school student member through June 30, 2026. Motion by Commissioner Guzman; second by Commissioner Clark; vote 3-0.

- Designation of charities and city events (Agenda item 17f): The commission updated its list of approved charity organizations and city events for purposes of the county’s elected-official code of ethics (list in the staff report). Vote: 3-0.

Most of the items were heard with limited public comment. Staff presenters for the items included City Manager Mark Lebowski; Shannon Lay, director of community development; Susan Neighbors, director of finance and administrative services; and Jamie Ketchup, director of human resources. The first-read ordinances will return for final readings or further action where required by local code.

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