Editing Cocoa Beach, Florida (section)

==Government==
Cocoa Beach is run by a [[Council–manager government|Commission-Manager government]], agreed to by its citizens in 1958. The [[city council|City Commission]] acts as the legislative branch of the city government, guided by the provisions of the Charter of the City of Cocoa Beach. The City Commission enacts ordinances and resolutions that the [[City Manager]] administers as the appointed executive officer of the city government.<ref name="Officials">[http://www.cityofcocoabeach.com/Elected_officials.htm Elected Officials] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907122420/http://www.cityofcocoabeach.com/Elected_officials.htm |date=September 7, 2008}} City of Cocoa Beach - Official Site. Retrieved on June 26, 2009.</ref>

The city owns and runs the Cocoa Beach Country Club, a golf course on the [[Banana River]].<ref>[http://www.golfcocoabeach.com/golf_course_information.htm Cocoa Beach golf course] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202215617/http://www.golfcocoabeach.com/golf_course_information.htm |date=December 2, 2011}} accessed March 18, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=COCOA BEACH COUNTRY CLUB - A PUBLIC FACILITY |url=https://www.cityofcocoabeach.com/413/Golf |publisher=Cocoa Beach Florida |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref>

In 2007, the city had a taxable real estate base of $2.09 billion.<ref>{{cite book |author=Dean, James |title=More taxes or fewer services |publisher=Florida Today |date=April 26, 2008}}</ref>

In 2011, the city photographed more than 20,000 instances of vehicles running red lights by the use of automatic cameras. A total of 6,595 violations were prosecuted.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Rick |last=Neale |title=Challengers mostly win |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120205/NEWS01/302050032/Traffic-photo-fines-hit-red-light |newspaper=[[Florida Today]] |location=Melbourne, Florida |page= 12A |date=February 5, 2012}}</ref> In 2012, the police force consisted of 36 officers.<ref>{{Cite news |first=J.D. |last=Gallop |title=Off-duty officer 'critical' after crash |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120131/NEWS01/301310013/Off-duty-Cocoa-Beach-officer-critical-after-crash?odyssey=tab|newspaper=[[Florida Today]] |location=Melbourne, Florida |page= 1B |date=January 31, 2012}}</ref> In 2014, the city grossed $1.1 million for over 9.000 red light violations. Over 24,000 violations were captured on film. All could not be prosecuted for various reasons. The city netted over $249,000. The remainder went for licensing fees to the installing vendor; over half was remitted to the state. Cameras were sited at four locations on state road A1A, including the intersection with state road 520. Intersection crashes dropped from 88 in 2009 to 30 in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |first=R. Norman |last=Moody |title=Cocoa Beach keeps red light cameras...for now |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2015/01/15/red-light-cameras-stay-cocoa-beach/21842431/|newspaper=Florida Today |location=Melbourne, Florida |page=12A |date=January 16, 2015 |access-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref>

The City Commission is made up of five members, one of whom is the [[Mayor]]. Historically, the commissioners were elected [[at-large]] to three-year terms but with a successful referendum on the 2010 ballot to hold elections on even-numbered years, the terms were extended to four years.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Following an election, a [[Vice Mayor]] is then selected from the commission members at an organizational meeting. The Mayor presides over all meetings and performs duties as delegated by the City Commission.<ref name="Officials" /> Seats affected by the 2010 referendum included Seat #1, Seat #4 and Seat #5.

===City Commission===
*Mayor and Commissioner Keith Capizzi, Seat 1 (Term expires November 2028)
*Commissioner Joshua Jackson, Seat 2 (Term expires November 2028)
*Commissioner Tim Tumulty, Seat 3 (Term expires November 2028) 
*Commissioner Skip Williams, Seat 4 (Term expires November 2026) 
*Vice Mayor and Commissioner Jeremy Hutcherson, Seat 5 (Term expires November 2026)

===City Manager===
The City Manager is appointed by the City Commission and is responsible for the city's day-to-day operations. The city's charter has established a separation of powers and responsibility between the Commission and the Manager; the elected commission establishes policy that the manager and staff carry out. The City Manager conducts day-to-day operations through four city departments: Administrative, Public Safety, Utilities, and Recreation.<ref>[http://www.cityofcocoabeach.com/Cityhall/city_departments.htm City Departments] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119154914/http://www.cityofcocoabeach.com/Cityhall/city_departments.htm |date=November 19, 2008}} City of Cocoa Beach - Official Site. Retrieved on June 26, 2009.</ref> Charles Billias was the City Manager from 1998 until October 2012. Bob Majka was the City Manager from 2012 until 2015. As of 2023, Robin R. Hayes is the current city manager.

=== Crime Rate ===
In 2016, the crime index for the Cocoa Beach is 14 in 100. Where 100 is safest and 0 is most unsafe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/fl/cocoa-beach/crime|title=Cocoa Beach, 32931 Crime Rates and Crime Statistics - NeighborhoodScout|website=www.neighborhoodscout.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-28}}</ref> Cocoa beach is safer than 14% of cities in the United States. The crime rate of Cocoa Beach is higher than Florida where chances of becoming a victim is 1 in 264, while in Cocoa Beach it is 1 in 183 people. Below is the chart for the crime rate of violent nature in Cocoa beach. This is a single year and may not represent the municipality as a whole over a broader period of time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-6/table-6-state-cuts/florida.xls|title=Florida|work=FBI|access-date=2018-09-28|language=en-us}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="5" |2016 COCOA BEACH VIOLENT CRIMES
|-
| colspan="5" |POPULATION: 11,761
|-
|
|MURDER
|RAPE
|ROBBERY
|ASSAULT
|-
|Report Total
|1
|6
|11
|44
|-
|Rate per 1,000
|0.09
|0.51
|0.94
|3.74
|-
| colspan="5" |UNITED STATES VIOLENT CRIMES
|-
| colspan="5" |POPULATION: 323,127,513
|-
|
|MURDER
|RAPE
|ROBBERY
|ASSAULT
|-
|Report Total
|17,250
|130,603
|332,198
|803,007
|-
|Rate per 1,000
|0.05
|0.4
|1.03
|2.49
|}