City Commission, mayor, and local government news
The Oct. 14 City Commission agenda runs 210 items long and carries more than 90 leftovers from Sept. 10. Here is the day in time order, with links to our coverage of the biggest votes.
Miami Beach commissioners will consider a five-year deal with Art Basel U.S. Corp. that sets a $500,000 venue fee for 2026, formalizes an "Art Basel Zone" across a large swath of South Beach, and packages $150,000 in annual community contributions.
Miami Beach commissioners have ten Live Local Act items on the Oct. 14 agenda: urging Tallahassee to repeal the law, studying a challenge alongside Miami, asking outside counsel whether Five Park's 519 feet sets the height ceiling, endorsing the city's stop on 1575 Alton Road, and asking for a special meeting, a community meeting and utility-capacity reports.
The Design Review Board met on October 8, 2026, taking action on four applications — approving a landmark beach club replacement at South Beach, two multi-family residential projects, and issuing an advisory recommendation against the proposed location of a sewer pump station near Mount Sinai Medical Center; the board also continued the La Gorce Country Club paddle court case to January 14, 2027, while the club completes a rezoning of a newly acquired adjacent lot that would allow further...
Miami Beach commissioners will consider final approval of utility rate increases that would add $12.63 per month to a typical residential water bill starting October 2026, funding a five-year capital program targeting aging pipes, pump stations and flood-prone neighborhoods.
The City of Miami Beach has served a proposal for settlement in a negligence lawsuit brought by a Miami-Dade woman who says an on-duty police officer rear-ended her vehicle in May 2025.
A Miami-Dade man is suing the City of Miami Beach for more than $50,000, alleging a deteriorated pothole at 17th Street and Lennox Avenue threw him from his bicycle in June 2025 and caused severe, permanent injuries.
Mayor Steven Meiner, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Israel's consul general spoke at a Wednesday ceremony at Fire Station No. 2, where a former IDF soldier and a local student also shared accounts of the attack and its aftermath.
Family, colleagues and city leaders gathered at the Police Athletic League headquarters to unveil a plaque remembering Arthur "Big Art" Martineau II, the longtime executive director who died in January 2025.
Miami Beach's Planning Board directed staff to send the City Commission a recommendation letter urging a ban on obstructions in single-family swales and street trees limited to Miami-Dade County minimums.
Passed almost unanimously in 2023 as a workforce-housing bill, Florida's Live Local Act was amended in 2024, 2025 and again in 2026 — and the changes have mostly reached further into local zoning.
A reference of the week's public city meetings