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Votes at a glance: Broward County Commission approves port leases, technical code updates, dangerous‑dog ordinance and other items

August 21, 2025 | Broward County, Florida


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Votes at a glance: Broward County Commission approves port leases, technical code updates, dangerous‑dog ordinance and other items
FORT LAUDERDALE — The Broward County Board of County Commissioners completed a full agenda Aug. 21 and approved multiple public‑hearing and regular items with largely unanimous votes. Below is a concise list of the items acted on at the meeting and the board’s outcomes.

Key items and outcomes

- Item 74 — Port Everglades security franchise: Adopted resolution granting renewal of a nonexclusive, unrestricted Port Everglades Marine Terminal Security Services franchise to Dothan Security Inc. (DBA DSI Security Services) for a new five‑year term. No public comment; vote unanimous.

- Item 75 — King Ocean Services lease amendment: First of two required public hearings to acknowledge exercise of option terms and revise leasehold boundaries; no final action required Aug. 21 (second hearing set for Sept. 4, 2025).

- Item 76 — CEMEX lease amendment: Adopted resolution approving a second amendment to the lease with CEMEX Construction Materials Broward LLC for a 4.61‑acre marine terminal at Port Everglades; vote unanimous.

- Item 77 — Natural resource map update: Adopted resolution transmitting a proposed amendment to the county land use plan natural resource map series for the city of Dania Beach; vote unanimous.

- Item 78 — Administrative rules (redevelopment units): Adopted amendment to administrative rules (Broward Next) regarding redevelopment units; vote unanimous.

- Item 79 — Right‑of‑way vacation/abandonment (Deerfield): Adopted resolution to vacate and abandon a 30‑foot right‑of‑way easement and release other interests; vote unanimous.

- Item 80 — Drainage easement release (Pompano Beach): Adopted resolution to release specified stormwater and drainage easements within Andrews Premier Business Park; vote unanimous.

- Item 81 — Administrative code technical amendments: Adopted technical code updates to the county administrative code; vote unanimous.

- Item 82 (a & b) — County administrative code ordinance: Board waived drafting requirement and enacted ordinance updating and repealing specified sections of county code; vote unanimous.

- Item 83 — Dangerous dogs and animal confinement ordinance: Enacted ordinance amending county code sections on dangerous dogs and confinement, requiring enclosures for certain dogs and liability insurance for owners; board said it aligns county code with state law; vote unanimous.

- Item 84 — Impact credit fees and development permits ordinance: Enacted ordinance amending county code sections related to impact credit fees and development permits; vote unanimous.

- Item 85 — Elevator/escalator contract (Aviation): Awarded open‑end contract to Schindler Elevator Corporation for elevator, escalator and moving‑walkway maintenance and repair services for the aviation department; vote unanimous.

Other consent and administrative actions

The board also moved multiple items on the consent agenda (items 1–73 with specified deletions) and accepted a range of staff substitutions, additional materials and scrivener’s corrections as noted in the clerk’s Tuesday morning memo. Several consent items were called out for public comment or pulled briefly, but the consent agenda ultimately passed as amended.

Ending

Most public hearing items were routine and passed with no speakers; items that required additional hearings (for example, the King Ocean lease) were scheduled for future board action.

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