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Votes at a glance: Hialeah council approves consent items, appointments, zoning and code changes (Aug. 12, 2025)
Summary
At its Aug. 12 meeting the Hialeah City Council approved a consent agenda, several second-reading ordinances, land-use rezonings, and appointments. Where available, vote tallies from roll calls are recorded below.
The Hialeah City Council took multiple formal actions during the Aug. 12, 2025 meeting. Below are the items the council voted to approve, the outcome and the next procedural step where applicable.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Approved (motion carries). Vote recorded during roll call; one absence noted (Miss Perez absent at initial roll call). Outcome: approved.
- Resolution appointing Lazaro Chavez to the Beautification Committee (mayor's appointment; term 08/12/2025' 08/11/2027): Approved (motion carries).
- First reading: Ordinance to suspend the water and wastewater franchise fee (Hialeah Code section 94-163): Approved on first reading; second reading and public hearing set for 08/26/2025.
- Second reading and public hearing approvals (final action taken): - Special election scheduling ordinance (amend ordinance calling special primary for City Council member Group 3): Motion carries; item approved. - Amendment to solid-waste chapter (11b): Motion carries; item approved. - Medical marijuana ordinance housekeeping (striking preempted section per state law, Fla. Stat. 381.986): Motion carries; item approved. - Multiple zoning and land-use items (rezonings, conditional use permits, variances) listed on the agenda received votes approving the council recommendations at their readings; each item was recorded as "motion carries" with second-reading/public hearing dates where noted. Examples include: 15a (FLUM change at 29 E. 16th St), 16a'c, 16b, 16c, and several others with recorded motions carried.
- Waste Connections solid-waste intermodal facility (zoning item 16d): Approved at second reading (see separate article for details).
- Administrative/other items: Several first-reading plats and administrative ordinances were approved and set for second reading/public hearing (see meeting minutes for the full docket). The city also received scrivener's-error reports correcting previous exhibits and allocation adjustments to HOME-ARP funding (additional $8,082 to previously approved total).
What's next: Many first-reading items will return for second reading and public hearing on Aug. 26, 2025. Several zoning and land-use matters were set for later hearings (including postponements to Sept. 23, 2025, for two mixed-use/multi-family applications).
