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Doral council rejects five-month preapproved leave for vice mayor; grants one excused meeting
Summary
Vice Mayor Maria Porras asked the Doral City Council to preapprove a parental leave from November 2025 through March 2026. After a lengthy debate about charter limits, precedent and staff policy, the council voted down a five-month preapproval and later approved one excused meeting (December) with other absences to be handled case by case.
Vice Mayor Maria Porras asked the Doral City Council on Aug. 13 to preapprove a parental leave spanning November 2025 through March 2026, prompting an extended debate about the council’s charter obligations and precedent for elected officials.
Porras said she was notifying the council of an expected due date of Dec. 25 and requested the absences be excused. “I would like a preapproved absence or an excused absence for December and virtual participation with voting abilities for November, January, February, and March,” she said.
Council members raised legal and policy questions. City Attorney (name provided in the meeting record)…
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