During the July 6, 2018 City Commission meeting, the City Commission called for a Special Election to be held on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, in conjunction with the Primary Election, in order to submit to the electorate of the City of Miami Beach the following two ballot questions:

Question 1:

Amending Composition of the Board of Adjustment

Section 2 of City’s Related Special Acts establishes the Board of Adjustment (“BOA”) with seven members, each representing one of the following professions: Law, architecture, engineering, real estate development, certified public accounting, financial consultation, and general business. Shall Section 2 be amended to provide that two of the BOA members shall be “citizens at-large” (no specific profession), and the remaining five members shall each represent one of the above professions?

___________ YES
___________ NO

Question 2:

Amend City Charter to Increase the Annual Compensation of the Mayor and City Commissioners

Shall City Charter Section 2.02 be amended to change the annual compensation established in 1966, which has not been raised in 52 years, for the Mayor from $10,000 to $75,636, and for City Commissioners from $6,000 to $45,381; and also to authorize the City Commission, at a noticed public hearing, to allow an annual compensation increase based upon the Consumer Price Index, issued by U.S. Department of Labor, not to exceed three percent per year?

___________ YES
___________ NO

Section 101.657(1)(d) of the Florida Statutes (the “Early Voting Statute"), requires that each County’s Supervisor of Elections commence early voting on the 10th day before an election that contains State or Federal races and end on the 3rd day before the election; providing early voting for no less than 8 hours and no more than 12 hours per day at each site during the applicable period. In addition, early voting may be offered at the discretion of the Supervisor of Elections on the 15th, 14th, 13th, 12th, 11th, or 2nd day before an election that contains State or Federal races for at least 8 hours per day, but not more than 12 hours per day.

Inasmuch as Florida’s Election Code states that municipalities may provide early voting only in municipal elections that are not held in conjunction with County or State elections, the County will be responsible for conducting the early voting activities related to the City’s Special Election on August 28, 2018. Accordingly, the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections has tentatively designated the following early voting schedule for the August 28, 2018 City Special Election, and has tentatively designated Miami Beach City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive, and the North Shore Branch Library, 7501 Collins Avenue, as the early voting locations within the City of Miami Beach:

Upon receipt from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department of the final early voting schedule and locations for the August 28, 2018 Special Election, the City Clerk will report this information to the Mayor and Commissioners via Letter to Commission (LTC), and will further post the information on the City’s website.