AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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A RESOLUTION HONORING FIFTY YEARS OF MUNICIPAL HOME RULE IN THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION AND COMMITTING TO AN EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE TO HELP FLORIDIANS UNDERSTAND THIS BENEFICIAL RIGHT.
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BACKGROUND:
Florida’s voters placed municipal Home Rule powers into the Florida Constitution on November 5, 1968, during the regular elections as an amendment to Article VIII. This power has enabled each city, town, and village across the Sunshine State to consider, adopt, revise or remove its own laws without the need to seek legislative permission from the state and has further served as the foundation upon which every municipality builds its governmental structure.
The City of Coconut Creek supports this amendment; our 2018 State Legislative Agenda “supports the preservation of Home Rule and opposes any legislation that seeks to diminish powers granted to local government.” Unfortunately, the political climate within the Florida Legislature has recently included many attacks on these powers. The City will actively challenge all efforts to reduce or erode this cherished right and make all efforts to ensure state and federal government partners understand that a one-size-fits-all approach to governance is not in the interests of Florida citizens.