Village are routinely involved in committees and volunteer events. In the 2008 elections, voter turnout for Melbourne Village (Precinct 31) was 95 percent. Even in non-presidential election years, turnout is typically 60 percent to 80 percent. Planned development The Vision 2012 Committee was chartered by the Town Commission in March 2006 as a response to trends and concerns about recent construction that, if not addressed, could significantly change the existing neighborhood character via the larger size of structures, greater lot coverage, and the loss of green-space. The result of this work was the Responsible Growth Plan, a set of ordinances that developed building coverage ranges for all lot sizes, devised incentive strategies to encourage homeowners and builders to minimize the visual and environmental impact of larger lot coverage, improved the town's code emphasis on tree canopy, green conservation, and native vegetation, and provided a way to manage all these objectives via the Town Review Board. Mayors 1957–1957: W. Harries Fisher 1957–1961: Clark J. Strohmer 1961–1968: Arthur A. Codding 1968–1969: A. Harold Peters 1969–1970: Clemens J. Neuhaus 1970–1972: Albert G. Falco 1972–1975: Raymond E. Henderson 1975–1978: Grace D. Walker 1978–1978: Albert F. Zimmerman 1978–1980: Herbert C. Doughty 1980–1982: A. Harold Peters 1982–1992: George T. Woodmansee 1992–1996: James A. Miller 1996–2000: Julia E. (Tibby) Parker 2000–2002: Richard F. St. John 2002–2004: Robert E. Downey 2004–2008: Stephen J. Gaul 2008–2012: L. Scott McCoy 2012–2014: Robert E. Downey 2014–2018: Rand Carroll 2018–2020: Heidi A. Salmon 2020–2021: Willow W. Martin 2021–current: Tabitha Niemann Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 706 people, 307 households, and 210 families residing in the town. The population density was . It has the smallest population of any municipality in the county. There were 325 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 99.01% White, 0.71% Asian, and 0.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.27% of the population. There were 307 households, out of which 21.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were married couples living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.73. In the town,