Council approves zoning, code cleanups, infrastructure and grant items; votes summary

The Melbourne City Council on Feb. 25 approved a series of ordinances, resolutions and administrative actions covering zoning, capital projects, grant awards and equipment purchases.

The actions were routine business for the council but include several items that will affect capital spending and development approvals in the coming months, including a culvert replacement project in the Bignonia Avenue drainage basin, a state agreement to allow Florida Department of Transportation design work on Ellis Road, and a city HOME grant for one affordable single‑family home.

Among the votes taken: the council granted a conditional use to allow on‑site sale and consumption of beer and wine at a proposed wine bar in the C‑3 Central Business District at 14301 Highland Avenue; adopted an ordinance removing references to the dissolved library board and repealing the Babcock Street Community Redevelopment Agency code sections; approved a task order (MLA002) for construction‑phase engineering services for the Bignonia Avenue culvert replacement; authorized an off‑system construction and maintenance agreement with FDOT for the Ellis Road widening; approved a HOME funding agreement with Macedonia Community Development Corporation for $194,772.06 to construct one three‑bedroom home; adopted annual updates to the capital improvements element of the comprehensive plan; corrected a camping definition in city code; extended a private street name to serve the Greater Heights multifamily development; authorized purchase and financing arrangements for a new fleet of golf carts for the municipal courses; and approved board reappointments for pension and police retirement boards.

Votes at a glance (agenda item, motion outcome, vote where roll call was recorded): - Ord. 2025‑09 (conditional use for wine bar, 14301 Highland Ave): approved. Roll call recorded: Councilmember Bassett — Aye; Councilmember Hanley — Aye; Councilmember Kennedy — Aye; Councilmember Smith — Aye; Councilmember LaRusso — Aye; Vice Mayor Newman — Aye; Mayor Alfrey — Aye. - Ord. 2025‑10 ( repeal references to dissolved library board and Babcock St. CRA): approved. Roll call recorded: Bassett — Aye; Hanley — Aye; Kennedy — Aye; Smith — Aye; LaRusso — Aye; Newman — Aye; Mayor Alfrey — Aye. - Task order MLA002 (Bignonia Ave. culvert replacement; ISS): approved. Motion passed (vote recorded by voice; no individual roll call names listed in the record). - Res. 4328 (authorize City Manager to execute FDOT off‑system agreement, Ellis Road widening): approved by voice vote. - Consent agenda (items A–I): approved by voice vote. - Res. 4331 (extend Irene Summerford Way for Greater Heights Phase 2): approved by roll call; all members present voted aye. - HOME funding agreement (Macedonia CDC) — $194,772.06: approved by roll call; all members present voted aye. - Ord. 2025‑11 (annual update to capital improvements element): approved on first reading/adoption motion; roll call recorded and passed. - Ord. 2025‑12 (correction to camping definition in city code): approved; roll call recorded and passed. - Res. 4332 (authorization related to golf cart acquisition financing): approved; council subsequently approved purchase of 140 golf carts and PACE Shield services from E‑Z‑GO in the total amount shown in staff materials; purchase motion passed by voice vote. - Appointments: reappointment of Robert Laddig to the General Employee Pension Plan board and reappointment of Janice Hill to the Police Officers’ Retirement Trust Fund — both approved by voice vote.

The meeting included a number of staff reports and public comments that preceded the votes. Several items were discussed at length in regular staff presentations prior to vote and are the subject of separate, detailed summaries.

The city clerk will publish the final adopted ordinances and resolutions and the official meeting minutes that include the full roll call records.