Miami Lakes advisory committee finalizes council report after Tallahassee outreach and data review

The Miami Lakes Blasting Advisory Committee agreed to submit its annual report to the town council after a meeting in which members reviewed lobbying contacts made in Tallahassee, examined a complaints dataset compiled for work with state officials, and sketched a plan for a student STEM project.

Chair (speaker 1) said she drafted the report and walked the committee through membership, budget items and outreach activity. "I paid to volunteer," the Chair said, describing an unreimbursed tax payment on materials purchased for a Miami Lakes Chamber event. Members disagreed about line‑item details — one member recalled the marketing expense as about $300 while another remembered $400 — and asked for source documents to confirm amounts.

The Chair summarized a recent Tallahassee trip that included meetings arranged both…