page_title: Melbourne, Florida
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Melbourne, Florida / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: Kathy Meehan, incumbent Mayor of Melbourne, Florida
context_page_description: Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is seventy-two miles southeast from Orlando. As of the 2010 census, there was a population of 76,068. The municipality is the second-largest in the county by both size and population. Melbourne is a principal city of the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1969 the city was expanded by merging with nearby Eau Gallie.
context_section_description: The Melbourne City Council consists of the mayor and six district council members. Melbourne uses a Council-Manager form of government.
  City officials
  Kathy Meehan, Mayor – Re-elected in November 2016, term expires November 2020
  Tim Thomas, District 1 Council Member – Elected in November 2016, term expires November 2020
  Mark LaRusso, District 2 Council Member – Elected in November 2018, term expires November 2022
  Yvonne Minus, District 3 Council Member – Elected in November 2016, term expires November 2020
  Debbie Thomas, Vice Mayor & District 4 Council Member – Elected in November 2014. Re-elected in November 2018, term expires November 2022
  Paul Alfrey, District 5 Council Member – Elected in November 2016, term expires November 2020
  Julie Sanders, District 6 Council Member – Elected in November 2018, term expires November 2022
  The following are appointed by the council:
  City Attorney
  City Manager
  Melbourne city officials created the Babcock Street Redevelopment District in 1998 to stimulate new development along Babcock Street from U.S. 1 south to U.S. 192. A 218-unit apartment complex built in 2005 is most recent step in an effort to revitalize this area.
  In 2010, Melbourne began supporting the Eau Gallie Arts District as a Florida Main Street. Established in 1860 along the Indian River, the arts district (now called EGAD!) has proven to be highly successful in its redevelopment of the community of art galleries, shops, restaurants, Melbourne's first microbrewery (Intracoastal Brewing Company), and contains the city civic center and public library with a public pier, Foosaner Art Museum, FIT, Historic Rossetter House and Gardens, Pineapple Park, several businesses over 40 years old, and a community park and band shell, which is the center of many community activities.
  A$180.8 million Operating and Capital Budget was passed for the 2014–15 fiscal year.
  In 2007, the city had a taxable real estate base of $4.96 billion.
  A 2011 study rated the general pension fund for city employees highly at 190%. Less favorably rated were the pension plans for fire and police employees.
  In 2009, the city had 870 full-time employees and 176 part-time employees.
caption: Kathy Meehan, current mayor
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