- February 3, 2026
Ormond Beach now has three candidates in the running to represent Zone 1 on the Ormond Beach City Commission.
Alan Burton, who owns real estate appraisal company Burton Valuation, filed to run for the open seat on Jan. 23. He has lived in Ormond Beach since 1996, and is a past director of leisure services for the city. Burton also served a supervisor for the Volusia Soil & Water Conservation District, which is an elected position.
"I believe in servant leadership, and I think that's the reason for being a city commissioner," Burton said "Where my heart, my mind lies is to be a servant leader."
Running for local office was originally not in his plans, but Burton said that with his education, his experience in government and community involvement, he felt he could best serve the voters and residents of Zone 1.
Burton is a past president of the Friends of the Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center, a member of the Ormond Beach Kiwanis Club and has served on the Ormond Beach Memorial Art Museum board. He has sung with the Stetson University choir for 25 years.
Before moving to Ormond Beach, Burton's past community service included founding the Orlando Community and Youth Foundation and serving as the president of a United Way chapter in Illinois.
He also was one of the driving forces behind the ReGrow the Loop program, which was launched in 2023 and has now expanded countywide. Burton is now looking to launch a new nonprofit, called ReGrow America, to provide a public-private partnership support for ReGrow Volusia.
"I know the city very well, but I also know it well enough that I can hear from other people and see what they have to say to make things better," Burton said. "Because the whole idea is to make their life better as taxpayers."
If elected, Burton said he'd like to take a closer look at — and perhaps place a threshold on — property taxes and capital improvement costs. Avalon Park Daytona is also a concern, and Burton said he'd like to see a cost-benefit analysis on necessary infrastructure.
Additionally, Burton would like to focus on conservation stewardship. Voters, he said, want someone with the most experience in areas like budgeting, capital planning, financing, infrastructure and conservation. He has that experience, he said.
"I'm a servant leader," Burton said. "If elected, I would take everything I have experienced and then bring other ideas to make it work, and work as a bigger team than we may possibly realize."
Burton is running against registered nurse Coleen McMahon and Melissa Burt DeVriese, president of Security First Insurance. Both women filed last year. The Zone 1 seat is currently held by Lori Tolland, who is running for Ormond Beach mayor.
