Pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Miami Beach City Charter, the City Commission shall meet at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution.
The City Clerk recommends that when preparing the City Commission meeting calendar, the City Commission take into consideration the following events: U.S. Conference of Mayors; Art Basel; August recess; September to set the tentative/final millage and budget approval; November for election/runoff election meetings (if it is an election year); Spring and Winter school breaks; Federal Holidays (Attachment A); and Religious Holidays (Attachment B and C).
Pursuant to Ordinance 2022-4541, the presentation of proclamations, awards, certificates, and all other recognitions made by the Mayor and City Commissioners shall only occur at separate regularly scheduled meetings of the City Commission specifically dedicated for these purposes, which presentations and awards meetings shall be scheduled to take place every other month to the extent possible, or on such other dates as the City Commission may determine at its discretion, provided that at least six (6) presentations and awards meetings are scheduled each year. No other business may be conducted at Presentations and Awards meetings.
The City Clerk suggests that when scheduling the 2024 City Commission, RDA, and NBCRA meeting dates, the City Commission accomplish four goals: 1) schedule, when possible, one City Commission meeting a month; 2) schedule, if possible six separate Presentations and Awards/Commission meetings per year (six are being proposed); and 3) not schedule Commission meetings during August, while the City Commission is in recess.
It is recommended that the City Commission meetings be set as follows:
WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE
Commission Meetings Presentations & Awards/Commission Meetings
Starts at 8:30 a.m. Starts at 5:00 p.m.
January 24 (Wednesday) January 31 (Wednesday)
February 21 (Wednesday) February 28 (Wednesday)
March 13 (Wednesday)
April 17 (Wednesday)
May 15 (Wednesday) May 22 (Wednesday)
June 26 (Wednesday)
July 24 (Wednesday) July 10 (Wednesday)
August - City Commission in recess
September 11 (Wednesday)
September Budget Meeting - TBD
October 30 (Wednesday) October 9 (Wednesday)
November 20 (Wednesday) November 13 (Wednesday)
December 11 (Wednesday)
**Additionally, at the request of Commissioner David Suarez, we have also prepared for the Commission's consideration a 2024 Commission Schedule with meetings held on Tuesdays (see attached draft).