City Council
Regular MeetingMarco Island, FL · May 6, 2024
Minutes
City of Marco Island Florida
51 Bald Eagle Drive
Marco Island, Florida
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Meeting Minutes - Final
Monday, May 6, 2024
2:00 PM
Workshop - City Code Update
Community Meeting Room
City Council
Chair: Jared Grifoni
Vice-Chair: Erik Brechnitz
City Council: Rich Blonna,
Greg Folley, Becky Irwin,
Darrin Palumbo, Joe Rola
City Manager: Mike McNees
Assistant City Manager: Casey Lucius
City Attorney: David N. Tolces
City Clerk: Joan Taylor
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1. Call to Order
Chair Grifoni called the Workshop to order at 2:00 P.M.
2. Roll Call
Present: 6- Councilor Blonna, Vice-Chair Brechnitz, Councilor Folley, Councilor Palumbo,
Councilor Rola and Chair Grifoni
Not Present: 1- Councilor Irwin
(Note: Councilor Irwin joined the Workshop beginning at 2:02 P.M.)
Also Present
Michael McNees, City Manager
Casey Lucius, Assistant City Manager
Joan Taylor, City Clerk
David Tolces, City Attorney
Tracy Frazzano, Police Chief (arrived at 2:04 P.M.)
Dave Ennis, Police Captain
Keith Richter, Community Service Officer Supervisor
Chris Byrne, Fire Chief
Daniel J. Smith, Community Affairs Director (arrived at 2:08 P.M.)
Mary Holden, Senior Planner
Raul Perez, Chief Building Official
Martin Luna, Video/Broadcast Technician
Jim Kornas, Recording Specialist
3. Business
ID 24-3523 Municipal Code Audit Update - Jeff Katims, Complete Cities
Chair Grifoni outlined the purpose of the Workshop, and he invited City-hired consultant, Mr. Jeff Katims,
to review his proposed changes to the City of Marco Island Municipal Code in follow-up to his Municipal
Code Audit that was initially reviewed in a City Council Workshop on April 24, 2023.
Mr. Katims briefly reviewed the objective of the initiative, and he presented his recommendations to
streamline, organize, and more effectively align the City's Code of Ordinances with existing State statutes
and regulations. Through the course of the Workshop, Mr. Katims responded to a number of questions
from members of the Council.
The following summarizes the Council's direction to Mr. Katims and the City Staff:
1) Proceed with removing current provisions in the Code related to fees and fines; bring those before
Council as Resolutions for annual Council review and approval;
2) Remove restatements of State regulatory and statute provisions currently included in the City's
Municipal Code, and replace them with referencing citations to ensure ongoing, up-to-date alignment with
those State regulations and statutes;
3) Retain sections related to the City's: a) investment policy; b) procurement policies and procedures; c)
travel policies and procedures; d) provisions related to the administrative processing of development and
redevelopment applications; and, e) post disaster redevelopment plan, Chapter 6, Article VI, within the
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existing Municipal Code of Ordinances;
4) Proceed to include all proposed edits and additions as drafted in Sections 1 - 14, 18 - 26, and 32 - 54 of
the Municipal Code of Ordinances with the exception of the following:
a) Section 2-121 (6) : add "...member of the Board of Trustees of the Marco Island Community Parks
Foundation ..." as a duty of the City Clerk;
b) Section 4-10 (a) & (b) : remove the adjective "anatomically"; revert to using original language references
for female, male, his, her;
c) Section 18-211 : add "swale" to the definition of "watercourse";
d) Section 18-145 (3a), (3b), (4a) & (11c) : consult with the subject matter expert, such as FWC or
Audubon contractor to determine if a more uniform protection zone around named, protected animal
species is practical and can be specified in the Code
e) Section 18-104(b)(2)(3): review timing aligned with decibel vs. audible reading within General Noise
Prohibitions.
6) Proceed to engage with City Staff in preparing a proposal to audit and recommend modifications to
Sections of the Municipal Code that were identified as "out of scope" in the initial Audit: Chapter 4,
Alcoholic Beverages and Chapter 18, Article II, Environment .
The Council also directed Mr. Katims and Staff to work towards completing all additions and modifications
within six weeks from the date of this Workshop so that: 1) the Council may be provided at least 30 days
to review the final recommended City of Marco Island Municipal Code and; 2) a First Reading of the
updated Municipal Code of Ordinances is provided at the July 22 City Council Meeting.
4. Public Comment
No members of the public came forward to offer comment.
5. Adjournment
There being no further business before the Council, Chair Grifoni adjourned the Workshop at 3:15 P.M.
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Jared Grifoni, Council Chair
ATTEST:
____________________________________
Joan Taylor, City Clerk
PREPARED BY:
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Jim Kornas, Recording Specialist
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Agenda
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Meeting Agenda - Final
City Council
Chair: Jared Grifoni
Vice-Chair: Erik Brechnitz
City Council: Rich Blonna,
Greg Folley, Becky Irwin,
Darrin Palumbo, Joe Rola
City Manager: Mike McNees
Assistant City Manager: Casey Lucius
City Attorney: Alan L. Gabriel
City Clerk: Joan Taylor
Monday, May 6, 2024 2:00 PM Community Meeting Room
WORKSHOP - City Code Update
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Business
ID 24-3523 Municipal Code Audit Update - Jeff Katims, Complete Cities
Attachments: Second Council Workshop Memorandum
Progress Draft Chapters 1-14
Progress Draft Chapters 18-26
Progress Draft Chapters 32-54
4. Public Comment
5. Adjournment
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