Public Safety in Broward County, Florida, Florida
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Police, fire, emergency services, and public-safety policy decisions.
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- Emergency policy changes, fire-rescue items, and public-safety contracts can move quickly through agendas.
- Watch for staffing, equipment, and mutual-aid items when service levels may change.
- Meeting packets often carry the operational details that headlines leave out.
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MOTION TO APPROVE Memorandum of Agreement No. R1193 between Broward County and the City of Miami for the County's participation in the 2024 Miami/Fort Lauderdale Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management, accepting a grant award in the amount of $321,974; authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute the same; and authorize the County Administrator to execute any documentation required to receive the grant and amendments that do not increase financial obligation on the County, subject to review and approval as to legal sufficiency by the County Attorney’s Office, and to take the necessary administrative and budgetary actions for the implementation of the grant award. — Exhibit 2 - 2024 UASI Budget — County Commission (2026-05-12)
May 12, 2026The FY 2024 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) budget allocates $12,388,404 in federal homeland security funds across emergency management, law enforcement, and fire-rescue agencies in Broward County and adjacent jurisdictions...
Additional Material - Information — County Commission (2026-03-26) (4 of 7)
Mar 26, 2026The Broward County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution urging the State of Florida to restore previous eligibility and benefits for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), which was recently cut. In January 2026, the Florida Department of Health reduced income eligibility from $63,840 to $20,748 for a single person and stopped covering insurance premiums and a common HIV medication...
MOTION TO DISCUSS Family Court Navigator Pilot Program and provide direction to the County Administrator regarding continuation of the program. (Commissioner Rich) — Exhibit 2 - Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court Certification of Local Requirements FY27 — County Commission (2026-06-09)
Jun 9, 2026The Chief Judge officially certified the court system's funding needs for next year. The Mental Health Court needs $478,000 to help people with mental illness work through their cases...
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MOTION TO APPROVE First Amendment to the Federally Funded Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program Subrecipient Agreement MT042 between Broward County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for Broward County's Regional Effluent and Reuse Solutions Project; authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute the First Amendment; authorizing the County Administrator to execute future time extension amendments, subject to review and approval as to legal sufficiency by the County Attorney’s Office. (Commission Districts 2, 4 and 8) — Exhibit 1 - Awarded CDBG-MIT Subrecipient Agreement — County Commission (2026-06-09)
This agreement provides federal funds for disaster mitigation in Broward County. Broward County must follow strict rules for hiring workers and protecting civil rights...
MOTION TO DISCUSS Family Court Navigator Pilot Program and provide direction to the County Administrator regarding continuation of the program. (Commissioner Rich) — Exhibit 2 - Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court Certification of Local Requirements FY27 — County Commission (2026-06-09)
The Chief Judge officially certified the court system's funding needs for next year. The Mental Health Court needs $478,000 to help people with mental illness work through their cases...
MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance, the title of which is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO PORT EVERGLADES BUSINESS PERMITS; AMENDING SECTIONS 22½-1 AND 22½-6D OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES (“CODE”); AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (Sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners) — Exhibit 1 - Proposed Ordinance — County Commission (2026-06-09)
This ordinance creates a new safety registration for charter buses at Port Everglades. Charter bus operators must prove insurance coverage and yearly federal safety inspections instead of obtaining traditional business permits.
MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance, the title of which is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO ELEVATOR OUTAGES; AMENDING AND RENUMBERING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 21 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES (“CODE”); CREATING SECTION 21-10 OF THE CODE, ESTABLISHING ELEVATOR REPAIR REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTISTORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; AMENDING SECTION 8½-16, RELATING TO CIVIL PENALTIES; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (Sponsored by Mayor Mark D. Bogen) — Exhibit 1 - Proposed Ordinance — County Commission (2026-06-09)
MOTION TO APPROVE Amendment No. 1 to State-Funded Grant Agreement (“SFGA”) between the Florida Department of Transportation (“FDOT”) and Broward County for the completion of a pilot project to install and test radiation detection sensors on a container gantry crane at Port Everglades, extending the expiration date from June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2027; and authorizing the County Administrator to approve any future amendments that don’t materially increase County’s risk or financial obligations, subject to review and approval for legal sufficiency by the County Attorney’s Office, and to take the necessary administrative and budgetary actions to implement the grant. — Exhibit 1 - Amendment No. 1 to SPT SFGA — County Commission (2026-06-09)
A. MOTION TO APPOINT Jeffrey Scott Bayne to the Broward Regional Emergency Medical Services (“EMS”) Council. B. MOTION TO APPROVE waiver of conflict under Section 112.313(7)(a), Florida Statutes for Jeffrey Scott Bayne who holds employment or contractual relationships with an entity that receives funds from Broward County. (Vice-Mayor Mc Kinzie) — Additional Information - Agenda Item and Conflict Waiver — County Commission (2026-05-26)
MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance, the title of which is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO THE BROWARD REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (“EMS”) COUNCIL; AMENDING SECTION 15-74 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES (“CODE”); RELATING TO COUNTY COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATION ON THE EMS COUNCIL; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (Sponsored by Mayor Mark D. Bogen) — Additional Material - Information — County Commission (2026-05-26)
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution providing for Fiscal Year 2027 non-ad valorem assessment rates for the Fire Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU), to transmit the proposed rates to the Property Appraiser’s Office for inclusion on the Notice of Proposed Property Taxes and to set the Public Hearing to adopt the non-ad valorem assessment for September 10, 2026, at 5:01 p.m. at the Broward County Governmental Center East. — FY27 BMSD Fire Assessment Special Assessment — County Commission (2026-06-09)
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