Resolution 2025-33454RESOLUTION NO. 2025-33454
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND REAPPOINTING, PURSUANT TO
SECTION 102-356 OF THE CITY CODE, ANNETTE EPELBAUM
CANNON, ESQ., ENRIQUE ZAMORA, ESQ., AND MARYANNE
LUKACS, ESQ. (CHIEF SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ' AND SPECIAL
MAGISTRATES REAPPOINTED AND RATIFIED PURSUANT TO
RESOLUTION NO. aoas 33 V T*3 ), AS THE CITY MANAGER'S
"DESIGNEE" UNDER SECTION 102-356 OF THE CITY CODE; SAID
DESIGNATION COMMENCES WITH MS. CANNON'S TERM AS CHIEF
SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON FEBRUARY 24, 2025 AND ENDS ON
AUGUST 23, 2025.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 30-36 of the Code of the City of Miami Beach,
upon prior recommendation of the City Manager, the City Commission, by a majority
vote, may appoint a Chief Special Magistrate, who shall be authorized to hold hearings
and impose fines, liens, and other non -criminal penalties against violations of City
Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 30-36 of the Code of the City of Miami Beach,
the Chief Special Magistrate shall also be authorized to appoint, upon ratification by a
majority vote of the City Commission, such other Special Magistrates as may be
reasonably be required to conduct the necessary hearings; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on February 3, 2025, the Mayor and City Commission
adopted Resolution No. aoaS- 3 3q 5 3 , reappointing Annette Epelbaum Cannon,
Esq., as Chief Special Magistrate, and ratifying the reappointment of Enrique Zamora,
Esq. and MaryAnne Lukacs, Esq. to serve as Special Magistrates for a term
commencing on February 24, 2025, and ending on August 23, 2025; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 102-356, the City Manager may also approve, a
"designee," who shall be authorized to hear appeals from citations for violations of City
and County Codes and Ordinances and to conduct hearings regarding denials,
suspensions, and revocations of occupational licenses, certificates of use and permits,
as provided by the City Code, and who shall also be authorized to appoint such other
Special Magistrate as may reasonably be required to conduct such hearings pursuant to
City Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, accordingly, the City Manager hereby recommends, Ms. Cannon,
Mr. Zamora, and Ms. Lukacs to serve as the City Manager's "designee," for a six-month
term commencing on February 24, 2025, and ending on August 23, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Chief Special Magistrate and the Special Magistrates (including,
as in the instant Resolution, where they are acting in their capacity as the City
Manager's "designee" under Section 102-356 of the City Code), shall be prohibited from
engaging in practice where they represent a client in a manner adverse to the interests
of the City of Miami Beach, and shall further be prohibited from lobbying the City during
their service with the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby approve and reappoint, pursuant to Section 102-356 of the City
Code, Annette Epelbaum Cannon, Esq., Enrique Zamora, Esq., and MaryAnne Lukacs,
Esq. (Chief Special Magistrate reappointed and Special Magistrates ratified pursuant to
Resolution No. aQT- 33 YS3 ), as the City Manager's "designee" under Section 102-
356 of the City Code; said designation commencing with Ms. Cannon's term as Chief
Special Magistrate on February 24, 2025, and ending on August 23, 2025.
PASSED and ADOPTED this .3
ATTEST:
1AFEB 0 5 2925
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
day of F d roep y 2025.
Steven Meiner, Mayor
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