Pursuant to City Code Sec. 38-4, “[o]n the first business day immediately following the County Elections Supervisor's issuance of final election results, the City Commission shall meet for the purpose of accepting the returns of such election(s) and ascertaining the results thereof. Should no Run-Off Election be necessary, new officers shall be declared elected subsequent to canvass of final General Election returns at which time the new officers shall be installed and shall enter upon the discharge of their duties; if a Run-Off Election is necessary, all new officers shall be declared elected subsequent to canvass of final Run-Off Election returns on the first business day immediately following the County Elections Supervisor’s issuance of such final election results, at which time the new officers shall be installed and shall enter upon the discharge of their duties.”

Due to the Miami-Dade Elections Department's observance of the Veteran’s Day holiday on November 10, 2017, the Miami-Dade Elections Department notified the City Clerk that it would not be issuing the Official Results for the City's November 7, 2017 General and Special Election on November 10, 2017, but instead the Official Results would be issued on November 13, 2017. As a result, the City Commission adopted Resolution 2017-29950 on July 26, 2017, changing the Election-Related City Commission meeting from November 13, 2017 to November 14, 2017.

After the City's adoption of said Resolution, Miami-Dade Elections Department personnel notified the City Clerk that they had reconsidered their earlier decision and would in fact be working throughout the November 10, 2017 Veteran’s Day holiday due to the time constraints of a possible Run-Off Election and its proximity to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Therefore, the Miami-Dade Elections Department will be issuing the final election results for the City's General and Special Election on November 9, 2017. This action requires the City Commission to meet to accept the returns of the General and Special Elections as originally scheduled on November 13, 2017, and if no Run-Off Election is necessary, to install new officers, as this will be the first business day immediately following the Elections Supervisor’s issuance of final election results. Therefore, it is requested for the City Commission to approve the change of the City Commission meeting accepting the returns of the General and Special Elections to November 13, 2017.

Additionally, the Miami-Dade Elections Department has scheduled the Post-Election Audit, which requires the City Clerk’s attendance, on November 13, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. This necessitates one of two actions: (1) holding the Election-Related City Commission meeting on November 13, 2017 at its customarily scheduled time of 11:00 a.m., but have Assistant City Clerk Liliam Hatfield in attendance as Acting City Clerk; or (2) hold the Election-Related City Commission meeting on November 13, 2017 in the afternoon to assure the Post-Election Audit is adjourned, and City Clerk Rafael E. Granado may be present at the Election-Related City Commission meeting.

If a Run-Off Election-Related City Commission meeting is required, it will still be held on November 28, 2017 commencing at 11:00 a.m.