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Charter reviewers approve independent salary commission, add requirement for public hearings
Summary
The Miami-Dade County Charter Review Task Force voted to recommend an independent salary commission to set county commissioner pay and compensation rules, adding a requirement that the commission hold at least two public hearings before finalizing a review.
The Miami-Dade County Charter Review Task Force voted to recommend creation of an independent salary commission to set salaries and compensation for county commissioners, and amended the draft to require at least two public hearings before the commission finalizes any changes.
The action matters because county commissioner pay is currently fixed in the county charter at $6,000 per year; task force members and public speakers said that figure no longer reflects the time commissioners spend or the compensation needed to attract a broader range of candidates.
Commissioner Moss, who sponsored the revised independent salary commission proposal, argued the panel should be composed of appointees chosen by long-standing, credible offices to ensure impartiality. "I make that plea to the charter review task force, to try and make it simple, not to complicate it too…
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