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Miami Gardens council waives city-manager residency requirement for Cameron Benson
Summary
The Miami Gardens City Council approved Resolution 13.1 to waive the residency requirement in Section 3.2 of the city charter for City Manager Cameron Benson, allowing the council to set a permissible outside-the-city residency distance.
The Miami Gardens City Council approved a resolution waiving the city-manager residency requirement in Section 3.2 of the city charter for City Manager Cameron Benson.
Vice Mayor Robert Stevens told the council the item implements a change voters made in November 2024 that gives the council the authority to determine whether the city manager must live inside city limits. "This item is to make an amendment on on November 2024 during, election. The residents voted to allow us, the council, to be able to determine whether the city manager can live with have to live within or, live without the city limits," Stevens said during the discussion.
Council members moved and seconded the resolution; the mayor called for the vote and members responded "Aye." The clerk announced no opposition and the item passed.
The resolution's title says it waives the residency requirement, establishes the permissible distance beyond city boundaries within which the city manager may reside, instructs the city clerk, and sets an effective date. The motion and vote on the floor were recorded as passed with no roll-call vote details provided in the transcript.
Council members did not record a named mover or seconder in the public transcript, nor did the record include a roll-call tally by name. The item was sponsored by Vice Mayor Robert Stevens and is identified in the agenda as Resolution 13.1.
The council did not state a specific distance in the floor discussion recorded in the transcript. The resolution text as read on the dais references Section 3.2 of the City Charter and instructions to the city clerk; further implementation detail (the exact permissible distance and effective date) will be in the adopted resolution document.
Votes at a glance: Resolution 13.1 (waive residency requirement for City Manager Cameron Benson) — moved and seconded on the floor, passed; vote recorded verbally as unanimous "Aye," no roll-call names recorded in the transcript.
Absent from the public discussion were recorded questions seeking the exact distance allowed or the resolution's effective date; the clerk or manager did not provide those details on the record during the meeting.
