Fort Lauderdale

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.fortlauderdale.gov (City Commission: https://www.fortlauderdale.gov/Government/City-Commission; meetings: https://www.fortlauderdale.gov/Government/City-Commission-Meetings)
• Agendas, action summaries and minutes: Legistar, https://fortlauderdale.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. The calendar shows City Commission, Conference, Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and special meetings; advisory boards were not seen there.
• Meeting video: City YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@CityofFortLauderdale, and cable (Comcast 78, AT&T U-verse 99). Only the Code Enforcement Board, Budget Advisory Board and Infrastructure Advisory Board meetings and a Certificate of Use webinar were found on YouTube; no City Commission recordings were found there.
• Collected 2026-11-04 (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• City Commission: Mayor Dean J. Trantalis; Vice Mayor Ben Sorensen (District 4); John C. Herbst (District 1; a newly elected successor is to be sworn in 2026-11-17); Steven Glassman (District 2); Pam Beasley-Pittman (District 3). Regular meetings are usually the first and third Tuesday at 6 PM, with a conference meeting before (see the schedule exceptions on the meeting pages).
• Charter officers: City Clerk David R. Soloman; City Attorney Shari L. McCartney; City Auditor Patrick Reilly; Acting City Manager Christopher Cooper
• Planning and Zoning Board (third Wednesday, 6 PM) and Board of Adjustment (second Wednesday): dates inferred from stated schedules.

Data quality notes

• The "Minutes" links on Legistar for past Commission meetings are action summaries; formal minutes are approved about 2.5 months later. None of the Commission records here are confirmed approved minutes, and most were read only in part.
• Conference, CRA and budget hearing meetings are listed but were not read; the budget outcome is unknown.
• Planning and Zoning Board and Board of Adjustment dates are inferred from the stated schedule and are unverified.
• The new District 1 commissioner is not named. No Development Services director or planning director is listed because the name could not be verified.
• Meeting pages begin with 2026-09-01. Video pages (captions pending) exist for the board meetings above.