Miami Beach commissioners will consider letting the Rhythm Foundation use a vacant city-owned storefront at 7605 Collins Avenue for six months at $1, after a redevelopment project forces the nonprofit out of its current office.
Miami Beach's first detailed FY2027 numbers landed at Wednesday's Finance committee. The administration proposes holding the tax rate flat, but a structural shortfall of $7.9M to $17.7M remains, the five-year capital plan tops $1.3 billion, and only about half of next year's $256M in capital requests can be funded — all before a November ballot measure that threatens future revenue.
Three Miami Beach committees meet this week. The first detailed FY2027 budget-and-millage numbers land Wednesday, the city floats a homegrown alternative to the state's Live Local Act on Monday, and a cluster of ethics and transparency measures advances — all at the committee stage, none a final vote.
City Manager Eric Carpenter's second-quarter fiscal analysis shows Miami Beach on solid financial footing through March 2026, even as officials caution the city faces a projected $17.7 million General Fund deficit in FY 2027.
Miami Beach's Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee voted May 6 to recommend amending the city's trolley advertising contract to allow full-vehicle wraps, while directing staff to negotiate stronger terms for a new advertising deal.
When City of Miami Beach officials sit down for their April 22 Commission meeting, one of the most consequential items on the agenda won't involve a new program, a shiny project, or a zoning fight. It will involve a ledger — specifically, Agenda Item R7R, a proposed resolution that could save Miami Beach taxpayers more than $18.6 million over the next two decades by refinancing a decade-old bond tied to the city's iconic Convention Center renovation.
When the City Commission convenes on April 22, 2026, it will face a proposal that pits two of the city's most urgent priorities against each other: sustaining its world-class arts and cultural ecosystem versus hardening a tourist economy increasingly threatened by floodwaters.
A real estate developer who paid $62.5 million for a ground lease interest on city-owned land near Lincoln Road is now asking to give him 30 more years — and let him tear out nearly 300 parking spaces to build a rooftop restaurant and new Class A office floors. Before any of that can happen, Miami Beach voters would need to say yes at the ballot box.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Quality of Life Committee takes up a proposal Monday to relocate the historic North Beach Log Cabin to its original site on the West Lots at 8128 Collins Avenue, despite a recommendation against the move from City Manager Eric Carpenter. The item, originally sponsored by Commissioner Tanya K. Bhatt and co-sponsored by Commissioner Laura Dominguez, was referred to the committee during the Sept. 17, 2025, City Commission meeting.
When Miami Beach's Public Safety and Neighborhood Quality of Life Committee convenes on March 30, 2026, Item 14 will ask members to do something the city hasn't done before: craft the framework for a first-of-its-kind Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) Pilot Program
The City of Miami Beach Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee is set to discuss a proposal at its April 1, 2026 meeting to establish a Muscle Beach fitness facility in North Beach, with private sponsorships helping to defray a project estimated to cost $428,000 in total.
A committee of Miami Beach commissioners moved swiftly Wednesday to advance a five-year license agreement with the Untitled Art Fair, brushing aside the city administration's formal recommendation against the deal and signaling that one of Art Week's most celebrated beachfront events may soon enjoy its most stable footing yet in the city.