Cocoa, Florida City records for 2021
130 meetings in the archive, 85 with approved City minutes read, 52 with a machine transcript, 670 motions recorded. All 2021 votes →
Who served
- Mayor: Mike Blake (2020-11-17 to present)
- Councilmember, District 1: Alex Goins (2018-11-20 to present)
- Councilmember, District 2: Lavander Hearn (2020-11-17 to present)
- Councilmember, District 3: Herbert "Rip" Dyal (2020-11-17 to 2023-10-10)
- Councilmember, District 4: Lorraine Koss (2018-11-20 to present)
- Deputy Mayor: Alex Goins (2019-11-14 to 2021-11-10)
- Deputy Mayor: Lavander Hearn (2021-11-10 to 2024-11-21)
From the council roster. A seat that changed hands in 2021 shows both holders.
Motions by subject
| Subject | Motions | With a recorded "no" vote |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes and agendas | 173 | 7 |
| Budget, taxes and finance | 49 | 5 |
| Zoning, land use and development | 31 | 3 |
| Contracts, agreements and grants | 58 | 1 |
| Utilities and public works | 10 | 2 |
| Public safety and code enforcement | 17 | 1 |
| Appointments, proclamations and recognitions | 22 | 3 |
| Ordinances | 15 | 4 |
| Resolutions | 17 | 5 |
| Procedural motions | 91 | 3 |
| Other motions | 187 | 7 |
Each motion is placed in the first subject whose key words appear in its agenda-item title or motion text. This is a keyword grouping done by code, for counting; it is not a judgment about which votes mattered.
Votes with a recorded "no" (latest 25 of 41)
- 2021-12-14 · City Council · Motion: “approve the Resolution amending the composition of the Sustainability Advisory Board, to remove the existing Board members and to include a deadline of December 30, 2021 for all nominations to be turned into the City Clerk’s Office to make …” · Carried 4-1
- 2021-12-14 · City Council · Motion: “delay the composition of the Resolution for one year, to January 2023, for discussion” · Died 2-3 Corrected to match the minutes, page 14.
- 2021-12-14 · City Council · Motion: “approve the lien reduction as presented by staff” · Carried 3-2
- 2021-12-14 · City Council · Motion: “extend the resolution to the Regular Council meeting of August 9, 2022” · Carried 4-1
- 2021-12-14 · City Council · Motion: “allow the Resolution to expire on December 31, 2021 with discussion” · Died 1-4 by the named ballots Corrected to match the minutes, page 12; the minutes print the figures (4-1).
- 2021-12-01 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “APPROVE THE DECEMBER 1, 2021 AGENDA” · Passed 8-1
- 2021-12-01 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “APPROVE THE DECEMBER 1, 2021 AGENDA” · Passed 8-1
- 2021-11-15 · Diamond Square CRA · Motion: “approve a approve an application for the agency’s Beautification Grant Program in an amount not to exceed $500 for the property located at 607 Aurora Street, Cocoa Fl and authorize the City Manager to execute a Beautification Program …” · Passed 3-1
- 2021-10-26 · City Council · Motion: “allow seven members to be appointed to the Sustainability Advisory Board instead of five and to give three weeks from today for Council to provide their appointees” · Carried 3-2
- 2021-10-26 · City Council · Motion: “establish the maximum number of board members to five, each councilmember will appoint one person, a registered voter, and residing in their district and will be confirmed by the majority of Council and the board will refrain from meeting …” · Died 2-3 by the named ballots (printed after the discussion that followed the motion, page 17) Corrected to match the minutes, page 17.
- 2021-10-26 · City Council · Motion: “approve the Agenda with the following amendment: to add Item VIII.3 (File ID 21-412) to City Business, Multi-Year Contracts” · Carried 4-1
- 2021-10-12 · City Council · Motion: “approve the item” (agenda item: Preliminary approval to propose adding 1112 Peachtree Street to the City’s Surplus Lands list of City owned real property throughout the City of Cocoa available for sale with proceeds going towards affordable housing …) · Carried 4-1 (printed after the discussion that followed the motion, page 16)
- 2021-10-12 · City Council · Motion: “Table this item until it can be brought back with an assessed value” · Carried 4-1
- 2021-10-12 · City Council · Motion: “approve staff's recommendation” (agenda item: As recommended by the Code Enforcement Board and Staff, affirm the current amount of the current Code Enforcement Lien of $37,030.00 for the property located at 2607 N. Indian River Dr., and provide no reduction of the …) · Carried 4-1
- 2021-10-12 · City Council · Motion: “approve the Minutes with the following amendments: on page 17, first paragraph, 4'" sentence, “She has learned some important lessons this budget year...Strike the rest of the line and paragraph and _ add...Koss noted politics is about …” · Carried 4-1
- 2021-10-12 · City Council · Motion: “approve the Agenda with the addition of Item VII.6” · Carried 4-1
- 2021-10-06 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL OF ORDINANCE NO. 14-2021 AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ANIMALS AND FOWL TO ALLOW FOR BACKYARD CHICKENS TO INCLUDE THE BOARD’S AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE” · Passed 7-1
- 2021-10-06 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO MAKE THE $50 FEE AN INTIAL FEE AND THEN REQUIRE A RECERTIFICATION EVERY YEAR AFTER” · Passed 7-1
- 2021-09-28 · City Council · Motion: “Approve Resolution No. 2021-087, adopting the Final Millage rate of 6.4532 mills. for the City of Cocoa, commencing on October 1, 2021 and ending on September 30, 2022” · Carried 4-1 (printed after the discussion that followed the motion, page 18)
- 2021-09-28 · City Council · Motion: “Approve a Settlement Implementation Agreement between Beachline Partners, LLC and the City of Cocoa to approve conceptual plans, an amenity schedule, and construction timeline for a residential subdivision, consistent with PUD zoning on …” · Carried 4-1
- 2021-09-28 · City Council · Motion: “table and bring this item back on October 26, 2021” · Failed 2-3
- 2021-09-16 · Code Enforcement · Motion: “approve staff's recommendation to City Council and no lien reduction to be given and the amount be in the amount of Thirty-seven thousand and thirty dollars ($37,030.00)” · Carried 6-1
- 2021-09-14 · City Council · Motion: “Approve Resolution No. 2021-080, adopting the tentative millage rate of 6.4532 mills. for the City of Cocoa, commencing on October 1, 2021 and ending on September 30, 2022” · Carried 4-1
- 2021-07-27 · City Council · Motion: “amend his original motion and extend the Resolution for 90 days from June 30, 2021” · Carried 4-1
- 2021-06-22 · City Council · Motion: “amend the agenda to remove Item Ill.1 under Awards & Presentations and he provided the following explanation: “Our city has a resiliency and sustainability plan, resiliency is, and should be, the cornerstone of what we do in terms of our …” · Carried 4-1 (printed after the discussion that followed the motion, page 3)
All non-unanimous 2021 votes →
Meetings and documents
Each meeting page links its agenda packet, minutes and recording where the archive has them. 118 of 130 have an agenda on file.
January 2021
- 2021-01-06 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-01-12 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-01-12 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-01-14 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Special Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-01-19 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-01-20 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-01-20 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2021-01-20 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-01-21 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-01-26 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
February 2021
- 2021-02-01 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-02-03 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes on file; recording unavailable
- 2021-02-04 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-02-08 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-02-09 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-02-09 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-02-11 · Cocoa Police Community Relations Advisory Board Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-02-16 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-02-16 · Cocoa District 1 Town Hall Meeting - February 16, 2021 — Machine transcript available
- 2021-02-17 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-02-18 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-02-21 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-02-23 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
March 2021
- 2021-03-03 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-03-04 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-03-09 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-03-09 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-03-15 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-03-17 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-03-17 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2021-03-17 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-03-18 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-03-23 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
April 2021
- 2021-04-01 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Special Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-04-05 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-04-07 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-04-13 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-04-15 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-04-16 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-04-19 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-04-19 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-04-20 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-04-21 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Special Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2021-04-21 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-04-21 · City of Cocoa District 2 Town Hall Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2021-04-26 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-04-27 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
May 2021
- 2021-05-03 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-05-05 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-05-06 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-05-11 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-05-17 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-05-19 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-05-20 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-05-25 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-05-27 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Special Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
June 2021
- 2021-06-01 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-06-02 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-06-03 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-06-07 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-06-08 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-06-15 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-06-16 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Special Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2021-06-16 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-06-16 · Cocoa Mayor's Town Hall Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2021-06-17 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-06-21 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-06-22 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-06-28 · Cocoa Police Community Relations Advisory Board Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
July 2021
- 2021-07-01 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-07-07 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-07-08 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-07-13 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-07-13 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-07-15 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-07-19 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-07-21 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-07-27 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
August 2021
- 2021-08-02 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-08-04 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-08-05 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-08-10 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-08-16 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-08-17 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-08-18 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-08-18 · Cocoa District 3 Town Hall Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2021-08-19 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Special Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-08-19 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-08-23 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-08-24 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
September 2021
- 2021-09-01 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-09-02 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-09-14 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-09-14 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-09-14 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-09-15 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Special Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2021-09-15 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-09-16 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-09-20 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-09-22 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Special Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-09-28 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-09-29 · Cocoa Police Community Relations Advisory Board Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
October 2021
- 2021-10-04 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-10-06 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-10-07 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-10-07 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Cancelled Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-10-12 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-10-13 · Cocoa Police Community Relations Advisory Board Special Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2021-10-13 · Cocoa Police Community Relations Advisory Board Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-10-18 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-10-19 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-10-20 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-10-20 · Cocoa District 4 Town Hall Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2021-10-21 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-10-26 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
November 2021
- 2021-11-03 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-11-09 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-11-09 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-11-15 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-11-17 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2021-11-18 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-11-30 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-11-30 · Cocoa Redistricting Commission City Redistricting Meeting 11/30/2021 — Machine transcript available
December 2021
- 2021-12-01 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-12-06 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-12-07 · Cocoa Redistricting Commission City Redistricting Meeting 12/07/2021 — Machine transcript available
- 2021-12-13 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2021-12-14 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2021-12-14 · Cocoa Redistricting Commission City Redistricting Meeting 12/14/2021 — Machine transcript available
- 2021-12-28 · Cocoa Redistricting Commission City Redistricting Meeting 12/28/2021 — Machine transcript available