Florida Files

Officeholders

Russell Melendy

2022 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2023-07-26 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$2,602,838
Income listed$159,789
Real estate$1,436,253
Debts listed$943,849
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 78% $124,531 · Coker Fuel Inc., Sebring Gas System, Inc., Laundry Income
  • Government & public payroll 22% $35,258 · Hardee County BOCC

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 6

Context Unusual reporting

Lists Vehicles separately from the $25,000 household-goods total

Personal vehicles, jewelry, art and furnishings can be reported in the household-goods lump sum or itemized. Net worth doesn't appear to count them twice.

What to check
  • No action needed unless the lump sum also includes these items.

Rule: Household items listed twice
“Describe, and state the value of, each asset you had on the reporting date you selected for your net worth, if the asset was worth more than $1,000 and if you have not already included that asset in the aggregate value of your household goods and personal effects.”2022 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($6,543) instead of what's in them

The instructions say the investments held in a brokerage account or IRA are the assets to report — not the account itself. As listed, the public can't see what the filer is invested in.

What to check
  • Which companies or funds are in these accounts? Holdings matter for conflicts of interest.

Rule: Accounts listed instead of investments
“Note that the product contained in a brokerage account, IRA, or the Florida College Investment Plan, is your asset”2022 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $2,602,838; listed items add up to $2,574,914

Reported net worth: $2,602,838. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $2,574,914. They roughly agree.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 4 separate employers or businesses

Several distinct earned-income sources (excluding investments, retirement and Social Security).

What to check
  • Are any of these sources connected to each other or to the office sought?

Rule: Several earned-income sources

How this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $2,602,838 — a millionaire on paper

Net worth is the filer's own figure. Being wealthy isn't a problem; it's context for comparing candidates and for reading the rest of the form.

What to check
  • Compare with the other candidates in the race.
  • Check that the large assets below are described and valued clearly.

Rule: Net worth tier
“Report your net worth as of”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $1,436,252 (55% of net worth)

Real estate holdings, as listed.

What to check
  • Look the parcels up with the county property appraiser: land use (vacant or improved), assessed value and when they were bought.
  • Check whether any listed liability is a mortgage on these properties.

Rule: Real estate holdings
“Real property: Identify by providing the street address of the property.”2022 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

These links open official public records, built from what the filer disclosed. They're searches you run yourself — results may include other people or companies with similar names.

Their filings

Their campaign

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Russell Melendy

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-03$4,647,372
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-28$3,583,244
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2024-06-06$3,115,280

Campaign money

2026 campaign for Board of County Commissioners

Raised
$0 from 0 contributions

From the Division of Elections campaign finance database, retrieved 2026-10-10. Loans and interest aren't counted as raised. Search the records by candidate name · How this is counted

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $3,493,764 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $943,849 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $159,789 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Companies on the state register

Companies this filing names, as the Division of Corporations lists them. Their role is shown when the filer is an officer or registered agent. A company matched by name only is shown just when it's active. How these are matched

CompanyNamed asState recordTheir role
COKER FUEL INCIncome sourceActive
formed 1966 · last annual report 2026
President
SEBRING GAS SYSTEM, INC.Income sourceActive
formed 1991 · last annual report 2026
Vice president

Signature

Signed by
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Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
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SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
Extraction
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