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Vice Mayor
The Vice-Mayor is one of the Councilmembers selected by the City Council
for a two year term to serve in the absence or incapacity of the Mayor.
Councilmember
Council Members are elected by the voters to serve on the City Council.
Four are elected from their geographic districts and two are elected Citywide. Council
Members participate as equal members of the City Council in deliberating City business
and setting policy.
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 Bio
of Vice Mayor Barbara Watson, Seat 2
Mrs. Watson began her public service as a Director for the
Andover Civic Association in 1992 and continues to serve her immediate 1000-home
community at that post.
As a community leader she successfully spearheaded a Concerned Citizens
Group for eleven years, to preserve the quality of life and value of homes against
development that could have adversely affected property values in her community.
She became a member of C.I.N.D., an organization comprised of leading business owners
along the State Road 441 corridor, other businesses, the Andover Civic Association,
and members of Dade County District 1. This organization raised and matched funds
to a County Community Block Grant, with a goal to build an athletic building at
Norland High School’s Park.
She is the owner of Watson Antique and Classic Cars, a limousine
service providing antique cars for weddings and other occasions. She served as a
Director on the Florida Limousine Association of South Florida and was elected by
her piers in Dade and Broward counties to serve on the Dade County Limousine Advisory
Board. The Advisory board was instrumental in drafting of the Limousine Ordinance
that currently governs Dade County’s ground transportation companies.
Her public service activities include: Miami Dade County North Dade
Task Force; the North Dade Municipal Advisory Committee, the Committee to Incorporate
Miami Gardens, the Broward–Dade Counties Transportation Task Force and the Andover
Civic Association.
Ms. Watson is married and has six children and seven grandchildren.
She was appointed Vice Mayor in July 2007.
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