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Sunny Isles Beach commission deadlocks on vice‑mayor nomination; matter returned to January
Summary
A mayoral nomination for vice mayor prompted an extended charter-interpretation dispute; commissioners failed to confirm a vice mayor and voted to revisit the item in January 2026.
A nomination submitted by the mayor to name Commissioner Jennifer Viscara as vice mayor produced a heated procedural dispute at the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach on Nov. 20, with no confirmation achieved and the matter postponed to the commission's January meeting.
The city clerk read a memo from the mayor nominating Viscara in the required November window. Multiple commissioners questioned whether the nomination could proceed in the mayor’s absence and whether the presiding…
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