Melbourne City Council Members

The Melbourne City Council in October 2026 is Mayor Paul Alfrey and six district members: Marcus Smith, Mark LaRusso, David Neuman, Rachael Bassett, Mimi Hanley and, in District 6, Vice Mayor Julie Kennedy.

Seven officials hold Melbourne council seats, the mayor plus one member for each of six districts, all on four-year terms (City of Melbourne). The table lists each seat, the term printed on each member's city profile, and the official telephone and email the City of Melbourne publishes for that member.

Paul Alfrey was elected Mayor of Melbourne in 2020 and re-elected in 2024, after representing District 5 and serving as vice mayor; he first joined the Melbourne City Council in 2016 (Mayor of Melbourne profile). His current term as mayor ends in 2028.

Marcus Smith won the District 1 seat in November 2024 after three years on the Melbourne Planning and Zoning Board (District 1 profile). David Neuman was elected to the Melbourne City Council for District 3 in November 2024 (District 3 profile).

Mimi Hanley was elected to office on November 3, 2020, and was re-elected on November 5, 2024 to represent District 5 of Melbourne (District 5 profile). Mark LaRusso was elected for District 2 on November 6, 2018 and re-elected on November 8, 2022, and he also held the Melbourne District 2 seat from 2004 through 2012 (District 2 profile).

Julie Kennedy, the Melbourne vice mayor, was first elected for District 6 on November 6, 2018 and re-elected on November 8, 2022 (District 6 profile). Rachael Bassett was elected on November 8, 2022 to represent District 4, a four-year term ending in November 2026 (District 4 profile).

Every Melbourne voter votes for every council seat, because the Mayor and Council Members are chosen in a city-wide vote even though six of them speak for a single district (City of Melbourne).

The Melbourne charter, as summarized by the City Clerk, makes the mayor a citywide seat whose holder may reside anywhere in the city, while the six council members must reside within specific districts (Run for City Council). A candidate must have lived in Melbourne for one year, and a district candidate needs at least six months of residence inside that district before qualifying; every candidate must be 18 or older and registered to vote.

Melbourne caps back-to-back service: no one may qualify for a third straight full term as mayor or as a council member (Melbourne City Clerk). A council member who has reached the limit may run for mayor, and a mayor who has reached it may run for a council seat.

District lines are drawn on the city's council district map. The District 4 profile gives one example: District 4 begins north of the Melbourne Orlando International Airport and runs south to Palm Bay Road, with Babcock Street as its main eastern border and the City of West Melbourne as its main western border (District 4 profile).

The Brevard County Supervisor of Elections assigns the City of Melbourne 21 voting precincts, from precinct 300 through precinct 531, and lists a Melbourne elections office at 1515 Sarno Road (Brevard County Supervisor of Elections city and town maps). Because the vote is citywide, a Melbourne precinct number does not by itself say which council district a home sits in; the city district map does.

The Melbourne City Council writes city policy, votes on ordinances and the yearly budget, and by majority vote appoints the City Manager and the City Attorney (City of Melbourne).

The Melbourne charter divides the work between elected and hired officials (Run for City Council). Jenni Lamb is the City Manager of the City of Melbourne: she puts council decisions into effect, drafts the proposed budget and oversees every city employee (City Manager). Her office is on the fifth floor of Melbourne City Hall at 900 East Strawbridge Avenue, telephone 321-608-7200.

A Melbourne council seat is a part-time paid post. The mayor is paid $10,350 a year and gets $415 a month for expenses; each district member is paid $7,475 a year and gets $255 a month (Melbourne City Clerk).

LaRusso's city profile credits him with securing $1,980,000 from Tallahassee for Indian River Lagoon and Eau Gallie River projects after his 2018 election (District 2 profile), an example of council members lobbying the state for Melbourne waterways. Regular council sessions, agendas and video are covered in the Melbourne City Council meetings guide; members convene in the Council Chamber at City Hall, usually on the second and fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. (City of Melbourne).

Each Melbourne council member has a city email in the form [email protected] and a listed telephone number, and the City Clerk's Office on the fifth floor of City Hall handles council correspondence and records.

For general council questions the Melbourne council page directs residents to the City Clerk's office at 321-608-7221 or [email protected] (City of Melbourne). The City Clerk's Office page lists Kevin McKeown as City Clerk and a main office number of 321-608-7220, at City Hall, Fifth Floor, 900 East Strawbridge Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32901 (City Clerk).

The two Melbourne city pages print different clerk numbers, 7221 and 7220, as of October 14, 2026; both pages name the same City Clerk's Office and the same [email protected] address. The Melbourne clerk keeps every city record, staffs the mayor and council, and writes the ordinances and resolutions they vote on, so a public records request about a council vote starts in that office (City Clerk).

Melbourne City Hall's general line is 321-608-7000 and its email is [email protected] (City of Melbourne). Last verified: October 14, 2026, on the City of Melbourne website.

Melbourne City Council Districts 2, 4 and 6 are up for election in 2026, and the Brevard County Supervisor of Elections set the municipal qualifying period as July 30, 2026 to August 13, 2026 (Brevard County Supervisor of Elections).

Florida's general election is November 3, 2026, with a mandatory early voting period of October 24 to 31, 2026 (Florida Division of Elections). Contested Melbourne council races appear on that ballot for every city voter, since all seats are elected at large. Neighboring Brevard towns fill their own seats the same year, including the Indialantic and Melbourne Beach mayors, Malabar council districts, Palm Bay seats 4 and 5 and the West Melbourne council, but those contests are not on a Melbourne ballot (2026 candidate list).

District 4 incumbent Rachael Bassett qualified on 08/03/2026 and is seeking another term (2026 candidate list). The Districts 2 and 6 candidate lists do not include the incumbents, and the District 6 list shows a single qualified candidate marked Unopposed (2026 candidate list). When an open seat has only one qualified candidate at the end of qualifying, the city declares that candidate elected without opposition (Run for City Council), so the contested Melbourne seats on the November 3 ballot are Districts 2 and 4. Mark LaRusso and Julie Kennedy each complete a second consecutive four-year term in November 2026, and the Melbourne charter bars qualifying for more than two complete consecutive terms (Melbourne City Clerk), so at least two Melbourne council seats will change hands after the November election. The Mayor's seat and Districts 1, 3 and 5 are next up in November 2028.

Melbourne council members carry the city's vote on the Melbourne Orlando International Airport Authority Board, the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization and the Space Coast League of Cities.

Mayor Alfrey sits on the Melbourne Orlando International Airport Authority Board and the Melbourne Affordable Housing Board (Mayor profile). Mark LaRusso is a member of the Melbourne Orlando International Airport Authority Board and the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization (District 2 profile). David Neuman also serves on the Airport Authority Board and is an alternate member of the Space Coast TPO (District 3 profile).

On the Space Coast League of Cities, Vice Mayor Kennedy is the current president (District 6 profile), Rachael Bassett is Melbourne's voting delegate (District 4 profile) and Marcus Smith is the alternate voting delegate and a member of the Space Coast TPO (District 1 profile). Mimi Hanley is a member of the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization (District 5 profile).