- Apopka voters will decide on March 10 whether to keep the current strong mayor system or switch to a council-manager form of government.
- All mayoral candidates support retaining the strong mayor role, emphasizing its importance for executive leadership and city management.
- Some council candidates favor the strong mayor form, while Seat 2 challenger Angela Turner supports shared authority with more citizen committees influencing policy.
Apopka has had a strong mayor form of government for its entire 143-year history, but that could change after the municipal election on March 10.
The city’s form of government is the first — and most consequential — question of the eight that Apopka voters will have to decide at the ballot box.
Under the current City Charter, the mayor acts as the chief executive officer who supervises the city’s daily operations and wields administrative authority in addition to holding a vote on the City Council…