Charter review task force debates commission pay, formulas and term limits but takes no final vote

The Miami‑Dade County Charter Review Task Force spent a lengthy portion of its meeting discussing whether and how to change the county commissioners— compensation and whether to alter term limits, but took no formal vote on either issue.

The task force considered several approaches: adopt the state statutory formula that would set commissioners— pay at the level shown in a state table (the packet calculated $123,781 under that formula for Miami‑Dade), tie compensation to the county—s area median income (AMI), adopt a multiplier of the state table (for example, 140 percent), or create a local formula or commission to set pay. Members also discussed whether to condition higher pay on restrictions on outside employment and whether any increase should take effect only after future election cycles to reduce the appearance of self‑dealing.

"I start from the premise that I think it's strange to put the salary in the charter," said Task Force Chairman Dennis Kerbel, reflecting a recurring theme: members prefer a durable, legally defensible mechanism rather than a fixed dollar figure that would quickly become outdated.

Commissioner Dennis Moss…