Coconut Creek operates under a Commission-City Manager form of government. There are five Commissioners on the City Commission. Although each Commissioner represents a specific district within the City (see district map here), they are elected at large. Each member serves a four-year term.

The Mayor and Vice Mayor are selected by the Commissioners from amongst themselves and they serve in that position for a period of one year. The City Commission also appoints the City Manager, who serves as the chief administrator of the City government.

Commission meetings are held on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.

Marilyn Gerber was appointed commissioner in 1995 and re-elected in 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, and most recently in March 2009. She represents District C, which includes all of the Township east of Lyons Road and a small area west of Lyons Road and south of Sample Road, and the area east of Lyons Road from Sample Road north to Winston Park Boulevard.

A retired teacher, Mrs. Gerber moved to Coconut Creek from New York with her husband, George, in 1986. He later served on the Coconut Creek City Commission until his death in September 1995. Mrs. Gerber was appointed to fill the remaining six months of his term, and won the seat in the 1996 election.

Marilyn received the Broward League of Cities President’s Award for 2004-2005, received the B’nai B’rith Woman of Valor Award in 2003, was honored by the Jewish National Fund and is Co-Chair of their Annual Breakfast, she is also a member of the Township Cancer Research Group and the National Council of Jewish Women.

Lisa Aronson was elected to the Commission in March 2008, serving the last 10 months of a departed commissioner's term. She was appointed as Vice Mayor in March 2009. Aronson served on the city’s Planning and ZoningBoard for four years, including one year as Chair.

Aronson has served as Director of Government Relations for Keiser University, Executive Director of the Broward County Charter Review Commission, and Executive Director of the Broward County Management and Efficiency Study Committee. Other positions have included Special Projects Coordinator for the Port Everglades Authority, District Manager to former U.S. Congressman Larry Smith, and Administrative Assistant to the Broward County Legislative Delegation.

Aronson has a Master of Public Administration degree from Florida Atlantic University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Relations from the University of Florida. She currently volunteers as a mentor to a group of 24 girls at Atlantic Tech High School in Coconut Creek for the Women of Tomorrow organization.

Lou Sarbone was elected to the Commission unopposed in 2001 and re-elected in March 2004 and March 2007. He represents District D, which encompasses the area west of Lyons Road from Sample Road to the Sawgrass Expressway and east of Lyons Road north of Winston Park Boulevard and including the Sorbet and Cocobay developments north of the Sawgrass Expressway.

Commissioner Sarbone, a New Jersey native, moved to Coconut Creek in 1989, served on the Winston Park Elementary Advisory Board, Coconut Creek's Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, and Coconut Creek's Planning & Zoning Advisory Board. He is employed in the finance and operations management industry. Commissioner Sarbone is currently a member of the SOS Childrens Village Board of Directors and serves on their executive committee.

Becky Tooley was elected to the Commission in 2001 and re-elected in March 2004 and March 2007. She represents District A, which encompasses the area south of Coconut Creek Parkway to the southern boundary of the city, and the west side of Lyons Road to just south of Sample Road.

Before her election to the Commission, she served on the City's Environmental Board and Planning and Zoning Board. She currently serves on the Boards of numerous community organizations, including the Coconut Creek Woman's Club, Alzheimer's Family Center Board of Trustees, Northwest Medical Center, Coconut Creek Democratic Club and the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 157. She is also a mentor at Coconut Creek High School through Take Stock in Children, a committee member of Coconut Creek/Margate Relay for Life and a member of the City's CERT Team. Mayor Tooley is employed as a radiology technician specializing in clinical densitometry and research.

Mikkie Belvedere was elected to the Commission in March of 2009. She represents District B, which encompasses Wynmoor Village, Centura Parc and a portion of the Township. Belvedere is a financial professional with years of volunteer government experience including an appointment to Coconut Creek’s Planning and Zoning Board and Chairing the City’s Affordable Housing Committee and Environmental Advisory Board. She is a member of the Wynmoor Hurricane Emergency Network and serves as a Charter Member and Ambassador Committee representative for the Coconut Creek Chamber of Commerce. Belvedere has been a member of the Broward Mentoring Program for two years, is a Board member of The Sisterhood of Liberal Jewish Temple, a Board member of a Chapter of The City of Hope and is currently the Education Chairperson of the Liberal Jewish Temple.

Belvedere was born in Israel, lived and attended schools in New York City, lived in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and has been a resident of Coconut Creek since 1992.

For the past ten years, Belvedere has volunteered in the Broward County Prime Time Program, reading to children.