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Cocoa, Florida

City Council and Mayor

The City of Cocoa council is the mayor and four district councilmembers. This page is built from the council roster and the City's minutes in the archive. See also the 2026 election and the City's records by year.

Who serves today

SeatNameServing in this seat since
Mayor Mike Blake 2020-11-17
Councilmember, District 1 · Deputy Mayor Alex Goins 2018-11-20
Councilmember, District 2 Lavander Hearn 2020-11-17
Councilmember, District 3 Patricia Weeks 2024-08-27
Councilmember, District 4 Lorraine Koss 2018-11-20

Seats and dates are from the council roster the archive keeps. "Earliest record" means the roster has no earlier start date; the archive's records begin in 2014. Each name links to the motions, seconds and votes recorded in the City's minutes.

On the ballot

The general election: District 1 and District 4. Candidates as the Supervisor of Elections lists them →

Upcoming City Council meetings

Recent City Council votes

DateMotionResult
2026-09-22 Motion: “re- allocate $190,000 to Junny Rios park for FY26, and whatever is not spent can go back to Stradley Park, for discussion” Failed 2-3 (printed after the discussion that followed the motion)
Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2026-11-10, pp. 23–34; not yet approved.
2026-09-22 Motion: “authorize the City Manager to sign/execute the Florida Department of Environmental Protection(FDEP) Water Quality Grant Agreement #LG032 for partial funding of the Indian River Gravity Main Extension Project (Zone J & K Septic to Sewer) …” Carried 5-0 — unanimous
Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2026-11-10, pp. 23–34; not yet approved.
2026-09-22 Motion: “accept the donation of a German Shepard to be used in patrol K -9 for tracking, narcotics searches, and apprehensions by the Cocoa Police Department, to allow the City Manager to sign the Waiver of Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement …” Carried 5-0 — unanimous
Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2026-11-10, pp. 23–34; not yet approved.
2026-09-22 Motion: “authorize the City Manager to sign/execute the Florida Department of Environmental Protection(FDEP) Water Quality Grant Agreement #LG032 for partial funding of the Indian River Gravity Main Extension Project (Zone J & K Septic to Sewer) …” Carried 5-0 — unanimous
Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2026-11-10, pp. 23–34; not yet approved.
2026-09-22 Motion: “approve applying for a BJA FY2026 Body -Worn Camera and Implementation Policy Program (BWCPIP) in the amount of $140,000 for body-worn cameras” Carried 5-0 — unanimous
Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2026-11-10, pp. 23–34; not yet approved.
2026-09-22 Motion: “approve the use of the FY2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Formula in the amount $18,661, and authorize the Grants Writer to submit the City's Application, for discussion” Carried 5-0 — unanimous
Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2026-11-10, pp. 23–34; not yet approved.
2026-09-09 Motion: “all remaining funds (less the 2 grills) for Junny Rios be reallocated to Stradley Park” Carried 3-2
Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2026-11-10, pp. 13–21; not yet approved.
2026-09-09 Motion: “approve $147,500 plus contingency for items at Junny Rios for an amount of $162,500, for discussion” Failed 3-2 (the printed tally and the ballot names read from the minutes' text disagree)
Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2026-11-10, pp. 13–21; not yet approved.
2026-09-09 Motion: “resume the meeting” (agenda item: Consider on First Reading Ordinance 15 -2026, Adopting the City’s Five -Year Schedule of Capital Improvements in Accordance with the Community Planning Act) Carried 5-0 — unanimous
Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2026-11-10, pp. 13–21; not yet approved.
2026-09-09 Motion: “approve Ordinance No. 15-2026, adopting the City’s five-year Schedule of Capital Improvements in accordance with the Community Planning Act , on First reading” Carried 3-2
Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2026-11-10, pp. 13–21; not yet approved.

The ten most recent City Council motions in the City's minutes that the archive has read, newest first, leaving out procedural ones (adjournments, recesses, approving minutes and agendas). All City Council votes →

Who has held each seat

Mayor Mike Blake (2020–present); Jake Williams Jr. (2018–2020); Henry Parrish III (2012–2018)
Councilmember, District 1 Alex Goins (2018–present); Clarence Whipple Jr. (2016–2018); Mike Blake (2014–2016)
Councilmember, District 2 Lavander Hearn (2020–present); Brenda Warner (earliest record, 2014–2020)
Councilmember, District 3 Patricia Weeks (2024–present); Matthew Barringer (2023–2024); Herbert "Rip" Dyal (2020–2023); Don Boisvert (earliest record, 2014–2020)
Councilmember, District 4 Lorraine Koss (2018–present); Jeri Blanco (2016–2018); Tyler Furbish (2014–2016)

City officers

CocoaCivic is an independent archive and is not the City of Cocoa. Official records are on cocoafl.gov.