Who Should Run Hillsborough County?

by: Mark Holan

If you live in Hillsborough County, you will probably encounter someone in the next few weeks asking for your signature on petitions to put two questions to a countywide vote in November: Should Hillsborough establish the elected office of county mayor? And should the mayor have veto power over the county commission?

Such a change would be the most significant in Hillsborough government since the county charter was approved in 1983.

Currently, seven elected commissioners appoint an administrator to carry out their policies and manage employees. The commissioners vote on taxes and the budget. A government with an elected mayor would function much like the president and Congress, the governor and Legislature, or Tampa’s mayor and city council.

The county mayor would set the agenda, propose a budget, appoint top administrators and manage daily operations. The mayor could veto ordinances passed by the commission, but commissioners would have the power to override with five votes. Supporters got the go-ahead from elections officials Friday to begin circulating the petitions this week.

We have compiled some questions and answers about the elected county mayor form of government to prepare you for the moment when you pause over the petition, pen in hand, wondering whether to sign.

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