Cocoa, Florida City records for 2022
108 meetings in the archive, 71 with approved City minutes read, 1 with draft minutes read, 56 with a machine transcript, 580 motions recorded. All 2022 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: Lavander Hearn (2021-11-10 to 2024-11-21)
From the council roster. A seat that changed hands in 2022 shows both holders.
Elections
The Brevard County Supervisor of Elections' candidate page for 2022 lists 2 City of Cocoa races: City of Cocoa City Council, District 1; City of Cocoa City Council, District 4. Candidates and past races →
Motions by subject
| Subject | Motions | With a recorded "no" vote |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes and agendas | 151 | 4 |
| Budget, taxes and finance | 54 | 2 |
| Zoning, land use and development | 24 | 4 |
| Contracts, agreements and grants | 51 | 4 |
| Utilities and public works | 13 | 4 |
| Public safety and code enforcement | 20 | 4 |
| Appointments, proclamations and recognitions | 17 | 3 |
| Ordinances | 26 | 5 |
| Resolutions | 7 | 1 |
| Procedural motions | 66 | 0 |
| Other motions | 151 | 20 |
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 51)
- 2022-12-19 · Diamond Square CRA · Motion: “hold any further grant applications except those already received by Staff and to remove the applications from the City Website until further review and discussion” · Passed 4-1
- 2022-12-13 · City Council · Motion: “approve the item with discussion.” · Carried 4-1
- 2022-12-13 · City Council · Motion as recorded: approve Ordinance No. 10-2022 on Second and Final Reading with discussion Councilmember Goins talked about development and projects going on in the City and part of the process is going through growing pains and moving forward · Carried 4-1
- 2022-12-05 · Cocoa CRA · Motion: “approving the issuance of an RFP for the site at 603 Brevard Avenue” · Passed 5-2
- 2022-11-08 · City Council · Motion: “cancel and reschedule the meeting on November 9, 2022 to November 29, 2022” · Carried 4-1
- 2022-10-25 · City Council · Motion: “j approve Ordinance No. 11-2022 on Second and Final Reading” · Failed 2-3
- 2022-10-20 · Code Enforcement · Motion: “amend staffs recommendation to City Council and the lien reduction be in the amount of zero dollars ($0)” · Carried 3-1 (result not printed; worked out from the count) Corrected to match the minutes, page 7.
- 2022-10-12 · Police Community Relations Advisory Board · Motion: “except the findings as is” · Failed 3-2 (the printed result and the vote count disagree)
- 2022-10-11 · City Council · Motion: “approve the item” (agenda item: Recommendation for the City Council to adopt on First Reading an amendment to Appendix A, Article XI, Section 13 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cocoa; adopting conforming zoning amendments to the Central …) · Carried 4-1
- 2022-10-11 · City Council · Motion: “approve the item, for discussion” (agenda item: Ordinance No. 05-2022/2. & Final Reading: Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment - Second and Final Reading of Ordinance No. 05-2022 of the City of Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida readopting a Private Property Rights Element …) · Carried 4-1
- 2022-10-03 · Cocoa CRA · Motion: “approving a Change Order to PO# 79631 in the amount of $1,912.00 to the Fausnight PO for Street Art Installation at the Cocoa Village Playhouse. Approve a Budget Resolution and BAF 23-006-T amending the Fiscal Year 23 Budget in the amount …” · Passed 4-3
- 2022-09-27 · City Council · Motion: “Approve Ordinance No. 12-2022 on First Reading” · Carried 3-2
- 2022-09-27 · City Council · Motion: “Approve Ordinance No. 11-2022 on First Reading, with discussion” · Carried 4-1
- 2022-09-07 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND DENIAL TO CITY COUNCIL” · Passed 5-2 · recused: Greenwood
- 2022-09-07 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THIS ITEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL” · Passed 5-2 · recused: Greenwood
- 2022-09-07 · Planning & Zoning · Motion: “APPROVE THE ITEM AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF” (agenda item: not identified in the minutes' text) · Failed 2-5 · recused: Greenwood
- 2022-09-01 · Sustainability Board · Motion: “ELECT CYNTHIA JOHNSON AS VICE CHAIRPERSON” · Failed 3-3 by the named ballots (result not printed; worked out from the count) Added from the minutes, page 3: the minutes' reader had not recorded this vote.
- 2022-09-01 · Sustainability Board · Motion: “ELECT CYNTHIA JOHNSON AS CHAIRPERSON” · Failed 3-4 by the named ballots (result not printed; worked out from the count) Added from the minutes, page 2: the minutes' reader had not recorded this vote.
- 2022-09-01 · Sustainability Board · Motion: “ELECT BOARD MEMBER LATHEM AS VICE CHAIRPERSON” · Passed 4-3 Added from the minutes, page 3: the minutes' reader had not recorded this vote.
- 2022-09-01 · Sustainability Board · Motion: “ELECT MICHAEL MERVIS AS CHAIRPERSON” · Passed 4-3 Added from the minutes, page 2: the minutes' reader had not recorded this vote.
- 2022-08-23 · City Council · Motion: “approve the item, with discussion” (agenda item: Seek Council approval on the addition of a requirement for compostable serving products for all food vendors at City events only) · Failed 2-3 (printed after the discussion that followed the motion, page 7)
- 2022-08-09 · City Council · Motion: “approve Option #2” (agenda item: Provide Direction to Staff for Funding and New Policies, if Necessary, for the Indian River Drive Septic to Sewer Conversion Areas J & K) · Died 2-2 by the named ballots · recused: Lorraine Koss Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2022-09-27; approved as written by the City Council on 2022-09-27 according to the City's minutes.
- 2022-08-09 · City Council · Motion: “approve Option #1” (agenda item: Provide Direction to Staff for Funding and New Policies, if Necessary, for the Indian River Drive Septic to Sewer Conversion Areas J & K) · Died 2-2 by the named ballots · recused: Lorraine Koss Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2022-09-27; approved as written by the City Council on 2022-09-27 according to the City's minutes.
- 2022-08-09 · City Council · Motion: “approve Option #2 with the stipulation of staff bringing back ideas and costs and examples of other cities who have had this issue; how the selection would be done of what types of businesses can do it; as well as safety measures” · Carried 4-1 Draft minutes printed in the City's agenda packet of 2022-09-27; approved as written by the City Council on 2022-09-27 according to the City's minutes.
- 2022-07-26 · City Council · Motion: “approve” (agenda item: Approve Resolution No. 2022-068 adopting an updated City of Cocoa Public Records Policy) · Carried 4-1
All non-unanimous 2022 votes →
Meetings and documents
Each meeting page links its agenda packet, minutes and recording where the archive has them. 97 of 108 have an agenda on file.
January 2022
- 2022-01-03 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-01-04 · Cocoa Redistricting Commission City Redistricting Meeting 01/04/2022 — Machine transcript available
- 2022-01-05 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-01-05 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-01-11 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-01-19 · Cocoa Police Community Relations Advisory Board Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-01-19 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-01-20 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-01-24 · Cocoa Redistricting Commission City Redistricting Meeting 01/24/2022 (Part 1 of 2) — Machine transcript available
- 2022-01-25 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-01-31 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
February 2022
- 2022-02-02 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-02-16 · Cocoa Police Pension Board Police Pension Regular Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-02-16 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-02-17 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-02-22 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-02-22 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2022-02-22 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
March 2022
- 2022-03-02 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-03-07 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-03-08 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-03-15 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-03-16 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-03-17 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-03-21 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-03-22 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-03-24 · Cocoa Police Community Relations Advisory Board Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
April 2022
- 2022-04-04 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-04-05 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-04-06 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-04-12 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-04-18 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-04-19 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-04-20 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Special Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-04-20 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-04-21 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-04-26 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
May 2022
- 2022-05-02 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-05-04 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-05-10 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-05-16 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-05-18 · Cocoa Police Pension Board Police Pension Regular Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-05-18 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Special Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-05-18 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2022-05-19 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-05-24 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-05-26 · Cocoa Police Community Relations Advisory Board Regular Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-05-26 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
June 2022
- 2022-06-06 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-06-06 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2022-06-07 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-06-07 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-06-15 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-06-20 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
July 2022
- 2022-07-05 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-07-05 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2022-07-06 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-07-08 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-07-12 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-07-18 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-07-20 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-07-21 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-07-26 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-07-28 · Cocoa Police Community Relations Advisory Board Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
August 2022
- 2022-08-01 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-08-03 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-08-09 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — Draft minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-08-15 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-08-17 · Cocoa Police Pension Board Police Pension Regular Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-08-17 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-08-18 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-08-23 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
September 2022
- 2022-09-01 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-09-06 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-09-07 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-09-13 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-09-13 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-09-15 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-09-19 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-09-21 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-09-27 · Cocoa Police Community Relations Advisory Board Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2022-09-27 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
October 2022
- 2022-10-03 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-10-05 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-10-11 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-10-12 · Cocoa Police Community Relations Advisory Board Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-10-17 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-10-18 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-10-19 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-10-20 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-10-25 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-10-25 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
November 2022
- 2022-11-02 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-11-07 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-11-08 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-11-16 · Cocoa Police Pension Board Police Pension Regular Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-11-16 · Cocoa General Pension Regular Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-11-16 · Cocoa Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-11-17 · Cocoa Code Enforcement Regular Meeting — Agenda only; no minutes record or transcript in the archive
- 2022-11-21 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — Cancelled
- 2022-11-21 · Cocoa City Council Special Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-11-29 · Cocoa Fire Pension Regular Meeting — Machine transcript available
- 2022-11-29 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
December 2022
- 2022-12-01 · Cocoa Sustainability Advisory Board Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-12-05 · Cocoa Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file
- 2022-12-07 · Cocoa Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-12-13 · Cocoa City Council Regular Meeting — City minutes and machine transcript available
- 2022-12-19 · Cocoa Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting — City minutes on file