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CITT urges Board of County Commissioners to exempt the trust from proposed ordinance limiting county boards’ external advocacy
Summary
The Citizens Independent Transportation Trust passed a resolution on March 19 asking the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners to exempt the CITT from a proposed ordinance that would restrict county boards from making policy statements or petitions to entities other than the BCC.
The Citizens Independent Transportation Trust voted on March 19 to urge the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners to exempt the CITT from proposed ordinance language that would bar county boards from "urging, recommending, or stating a policy position to any public or private entity other than the BCC."
Executive Director Javier Bettencourt told trustees he had reviewed the proposed ordinance and was concerned it would cover the CITT. "I became aware of an item on first reading... that sought to prohibit all county boards from either urging, recommending, or stating a policy position to any public or private entity other than the BCC," he said.…
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