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The government of Miami-Dade County is defined and authorized under the Constitution of Florida, Florida law, and the Home Rule Charter of Miami-Dade County. [ 1 ] Since its formation in 1957, Miami-Dade County, Florida has had a two-tier system of government.
Miami-Dade County (/ m aɪ ˈ æ m i ˈ d eɪ d /) is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, [4] making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States. [8]
Two items on the Nov. 8 ballot would alter Miami-Dade County’s charter to beef up the county’s legal defenses of its “home rule” autonomy against some state action.
In 1839, it became once again the county seat of Alachua County. Miami was the county seat of Dade County from 1844 to 1866, and then regained its status as county seat in 1899. Five county seats have later become the county seats of other counties: Newnansville was the county seat of Alachua County from 1828 to 1832.
However, the Miami-Dade clerk assumes full control of county coffers after the 2024 elections as Florida’s Constitution requires a shift of powers from the mayor to constitutional offices ...
A change in Florida’s Constitution requires Miami-Dade to create independently elected offices for sheriff, elections supervisor and tax collector, posts that currently report to the county’s ...
The Stephen P. Clark Government Center, known also as Government Center, Miami-Dade Center, or County Hall, is a skyscraper in the Government Center district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. It is the headquarters building of the Miami-Dade County government. Many county offices are located in or near the building.
The suburban enclave of Miami-Dade County’s District 10 will elect a new commissioner for the first time in about 30 years to replace Javier Souto who is leaving in November due to term limits.