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Posted on: January 10, 2020

New website coming soon!

As a part of the upgrade, we will be making the site ADA compliant.  This process requires us to unpublish many off the documents which we have in PDF format.  If you are in need of a specific document in electronic format please contact...Read on...

Opa-locka News
Posted on: October 16, 2018

Report all overflows to the City and DERM

Please report all overflows to the City and DERM.   City of Opa-locka 24 hour emergency phone 786-471-4025.   DERM complaint desk 305-372-6955 EnvtlComplaints@miamidade.gov. Read on... Opa-locka News
Posted on: February 8, 2017

After Hours Support Line

Need after hours help? Call our new after hours support line @ 786-471-4025. Leave your name, phone number, and the nature of your call and will be in contact with you. Remember if you have an emergency always call 911.

Opa-locka News
Posted on: January 27, 2016

Municipal Complex Office Space

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780 Fisherman Street, Opa-locka, FL 33054

For Additional Information, please call 305.953.2868

Opa-locka News
Posted on: May 10, 2013

“Fishing” with Vice-Mayor Kelley and the Opa-locka Seniors

“I am not giving away our spot,” City of Opa-locka’s Vice Mayor Joseph L. Kelley jovially responded when asked to reveal the lucky “honey hole,” where the size and the amount of the “catch” would make the most skilled fishermen envious enough to inquire a...Read on...

Opa-locka News
Posted on: April 5, 2013

Opa-locka basketball team wins championship game

The Opa-locka basketball team, for 16 and under, won the FCAA league tournament championship game against Carver Ranches with a final score of 41 to 37 at American Senior High School.

The turning point in the championship game came when Antoine Linds...Read on...

Opa-locka News
Posted on: January 14, 2013

District 1 County Commissioner Barbara Jordan Announces 2013 Mom & Pop Grant Program

Commissioner Jordan encouraged entrepreneurs in District 1 to apply for the Mom & Pop Small Business Grant Program. Small business owners looking to improve their companies applied for grants worth upwards of $5,000

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Posted on: December 17, 2012

Opa-locka earns recognition for financial reporting

For the sixth consecutive year in a row, Opa-locka was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United State and Canada for the city’s 2010-2011 comprehensive annual...Read on...

Opa-locka News
Posted on: December 11, 2012

Opa-locka code enforcement resumes special master’s hearings

The city’s code enforcement department resumes its special master’s hearings in December - addressing a backlog of cases from January this year.

The hearings are scheduled for Wednesday, December 19 at 10:30 am and the following day Thursday, December...Read on...

Opa-locka News
Posted on: October 22, 2012

DERM lifts sewer moratorium for downtown Opa-locka pump station

Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources Management lifted a four-year moratorium on Opa-locka’s sewer pump station 11A in September after the city completed needed repairs and upgrades on the 40-year old station.

The $840,000 in improvements ...Read on...

Opa-locka News
Posted on: October 22, 2012

No Layoffs planned for the City of Opa-Locka

The City of Opa-Locka will not have layoffs as part of the upcoming fiscal year budget that starts on October 1st, city officials decided at last week’s commission meeting.

The decision comes at a time when most governmental agencies are looking to cu...Read on...

Opa-locka News
Posted on: October 22, 2012

Dog shot: mauls women, police officer in Opa-locka

On September 19, City of Opa-locka police were called to 1210 Sharazad Blvd to help someone attacked by a dog. Officer Tamara Numa and Officer Wuihudson Francois arrived and found a large dog attacking Gloria Flores, 49, and Yaniv Moreno, 20, at 1210 Sha...Read on...

Opa-locka News
Posted on: October 22, 2012

Opa-locka to host State Attorney’s voting integrity forum tonight

Tonight the City of Opa-locka is hosting a forum on maintaining the integrity of the voting process. Representatives from the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Community Outreach Division and the Miami-Dade County Elections Department will speak and ans...Read on...

Opa-locka News
Posted on: May 21, 2010

Home-ownership in The City of Opa-locka “A Viable Reality”

“It took a lot of patience to get here,” stated Mayor Joseph L. Kelley” during a Magnolia North Housing Redevelopment Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, April 22, 2010, where representatives from Habitat for Humanity met with City Officials, residents and Mia...[Read on...]

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