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Town of Miami Lakes
Memorandum

To:Honorable Vice Mayor and Councilmembers
From:Honorable Mayor Manny Cid
Subject:TOML Participatory Budgeting
Date:10/2/2018

Recommendation:

I would like to pass an ordinance where all seven members of the Town Council are required to knock on 100 doors before the 1st budget hearing. There are seven precincts in Town and each member of the council will randomly be assigned 100 homes in one precinct neighborhood every year before the 1st budget hearing. This will help the Council, especially the new Council in November, to truly understand the concerns, ideas and wants of Miami Lakers. This type of budgeting flips the process to ensure that we go directly to the people instead of the expectation that the people come to us; which will ultimately bring us to a sample size of 700 homes before the budget is finalized. This will have a holistic impact on our decision making process. Vox Populi is our focus (The Voice of the People).

Fiscal Impact: Small