In 2014, Town residents who were living in districts with special taxes expressed interest in localizing these services with the goal of receiving hometown service. At the April 14, 2014 council meeting, a motion was made to negotiate a transfer of special taxing districts to be managed by the Town of Miami Lakes. The entire council was in favor, and the motion was approved.

On November 8, 2016, Miami-Dade County voters approved a Charter Amendment under Ordinance No. 16-14 authorizing a municipality to act as the governing body for special taxing districts located entirely within their municipalities. Miami-Dade County, FL, Code, Chapter 18, art. I, §18-3.1. Subsequently, in March 2017, a workshop was held in collaboration with Miami Dade County. The Town of Miami Lakes presented an option to the residents to transfer the County Special Taxing Districts or create new special taxing districts to be managed by the Town in order to better serve our residents. The workshop explained the different types of districts, the process of the transfer and questions related to the process.

Currently, Miami Dade County offers special assessments for security guard services, guard houses and lake maintenance to six taxing districts within the Town of Miami Lakes. The taxing districts are self-sustaining and no general revenue funds are going to be utilized. Residents who had originally been in favor of creating these special taxing districts, now have presented a petition to transfer to the Town the following:

Per County Code, to move forward with this initiative, the Town Council must approve the transfer of these special taxing districts by passing a resolution. Upon passing the resolution, a public hearing will be held by the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) to consider creating an ordinance. If approved by the BCC, an election will be conducted via mail-in ballot to those within the district boundaries. A majority vote of returned ballots is needed to ratify each district's transfer.