---
type: Person
title: "Russell Melendy"
description: "Commissioner, Hardee County — Hardee County, FL"
role: "Commissioner, Hardee County"
level: "county"
branch: "legislative"
state: "FL"
contact:
  email: "Russell.Melendy@hardeecounty.net"
  phone: "(863) 773-9430"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-01"
  current: true
ids:
  person: "a78ae085-6550-442d-9dfd-897f9e86ab75"
  office: "c175a83d-ac53-4e50-befe-d743c988f5fb"
  tenure: "aa980a04-40b9-466f-8fd3-1b3a196f3c1e"
  jurisdiction: "8c8074d7-081f-46ad-a72b-136c0726fcb7"
sources:
  - field: office
    source: "Florida Association of Counties"
  - field: tenure
    source: "Florida Association of Counties"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census TIGER 2024"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, county, legislative, fl]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Russell Melendy

Current Commissioner, Hardee County (Hardee County, FL).

## Sources

- office: Florida Association of Counties
- tenure: Florida Association of Counties
- jurisdiction: Census TIGER 2024

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).