Broward County voters chose three of its constitutional officers Tuesday, including the incumbents for elections office supervisor and clerk of courts as well as the first person to the newly created job of tax collector.
Tax collector
Broward voters chose a political newcomer for the first ever elected tax collector. The new tax collector, Abbey Ajayi, will perform duties that were previously handled by county employees.
Ajayi held various banking positions before she joined the county tax office in 2015, first as a special project coordinator, and worked her way up to operations manager of the division.
Ajayi beat two opponents in a tight race — political newcomer Dwight Forrest and Perry E. Thurston , an attorney who served 16 years in the Florida Legislature. Forrest runs the accounting section of the county’s Records, Tax & Treasury Division, where he said he supervises 14 employees.
Broward’s tax collector will issue car, truck and boat registration tags and titles, renew and update driver’s licenses, and collect property taxes and other tax payments. The job pays $215,501, with annual increases calculated in part based on population growth.