PREAMBLE
The citizens of Orange County, joined together in the belief that governmental decisions affecting local interests should be made locally rather than by the state, and that county government should be reflective of the people of the county and should serve them in achieving a more responsive and efficient form of local government with improved cooperation between the county and the municipalities and other governmental units within the county; and, in order to empower the people of this county to make changes in their own government, do hereby avail themselves of the full home rule benefits afforded by the Florida Constitution to adopt a home rule charter, do ordain and establish this Home Rule Charter for Orange County, Florida.