City Council
Regular MeetingMarco Island, FL · September 16, 2024
Minutes
City of Marco Island Florida
51 Bald Eagle Drive
Marco Island, Florida
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Meeting Minutes - Final
Monday, September 16, 2024
1:00 PM
Workshop - City Manager's 2025 Goals
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: Alan L. Gabriel
City Clerk: Joan Taylor
City Council Meeting Minutes - Final September 16, 2024
1. Call to Order
Chair Grifoni called the Workshop to order at 1:00 P.M.
2. Roll Call
Present: 5- Councilor Blonna, Vice-Chair Brechnitz, Councilor Irwin, Councilor Rola and Chair
Grifoni
Not Present: 1- Councilor Palumbo
Absent: 1- Councilor Folley
(Councilor Palumbo joined the Workshop at 1:02 P.M. remotely via Zoom teleconference
connection)
Also Present
Michael McNees, City Manager
Casey Lucius, Assistant City Manager
Joan Taylor, City Clerk
Tracy Frazzano, Police Chief
Chris Byrne, Fire Chief
Jeff Poteet, Water & Sewer General Manager
Jose Duran, Information Technology Director
Angela Johenning, Purchasing & Risk Manager (arrived at 1:04 P.M.)
Martin Luna, Video/Broadcast Technician
Jim Kornas, Recording Specialist
Motion to Allow for Remote Participation by Councilor Palumbo
MOTION by Vice-Chair Brechnitz, seconded by Councilor Irwin, to allow
Councilor Palumbo to participate in all matters coming before the Council at this
Workshop. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOICE VOTE:
Yes: 5- Councilor Blonna, Vice-Chair Brechnitz, Councilor Irwin, Councilor Rola and Chair
Grifoni
3. Presentation
ID 24-3806 Employee of the Quarter
Recognition of the City's Employee of the Quarter was deferred to another arrangement.
4. Business - Developing the FY 2025 City Manager Goals
a. ID 24-3757 Developing the FY 2025 City Manager Goals
At the request of City Council Chair Jared Grifoni, City Manager Mike McNees reviewed his outline of
proposed goals for 2024 - 2025 for the Council's consideration. All members of the Council shared
comments and perspective on the various projects and initiatives proposed for the City Manager's 2024 -
2025 goals, and Chair Grifoni led the Council through a line-by-line review of each proposed element to
obtain consensus for the execution of the final draft for Council's review and adoption at a future meeting
of the Council.
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The five primary goal categories remained in place as drafted, and the category weighting percentages
were unchanged as follows:
Fiscal Management - 25%
Water Quality - 20%
Leadership/HR - 25%
Immediate & Long-Term Planning - 15%
Community Engagement - 15%
The following additions/modifications were applied to the proposed draft of the City Manager Goals 2024 -
2025:
Under FISCAL MANAGEMENT:
Work with Council to enact a balanced FY 2025/2026 budget at the calculated roll-back millage rate
Under WATER QUALITY:
Continue efforts to remove Marco Island from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
water quality impaired list
Under LEADERSHIP/HR:
Conduct an in-house salary survey and develop a proposal for adjusting wages to ensure that Marco Island
wages are market competitive
Under IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM PLANNING:
Develop a long-term plan for managing the structural repair and funding of the City's bridges
Expand utilization of Veterans Community Park and the Unity bandshell
- pursue additional programming and more diverse event offerings
- investigate and recommend options to improve shade within the Park
Under COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
(No additions or modifications to the proposed draft)
b. ID 24-3849 Contract Terms and Evaluation Method Update
As proposed at the Council's September 9, 2024 meeting during Agenda Item 13i. (City Manager's
Performance Evaluation), the Council discussed alternatives to enhance the City Manager Performance
Evaluation Tool to better assess, record, and communicate its assessment of the City Manager's
performance.
Chair Grifoni summarized the Council's dialogue on this topic as clearly indicating a desire to achieve
greater simplification, but no specific changes to the City Manager Performance Evaluation Tool were
directed.
The Council next discussed adjusting the City Manager's annual compensation to reflect his performance
on behalf of the City over the past year. Council consensus to 'fold-in' the City Manager's monthly housing
stipend into his base salary for the upcoming year was attained. In addition, the Council approved a 3%
increase to the City Manager's previous base salary, consistent with the 3% base salary increase
budgeted for non-bargaining City employees for the 2025 Fiscal Year.
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5. Public Comment
No members of the public came forward to offer comment.
6. Adjournment
There being no further business before the Council, Chair Grifoni adjourned the Workshop at 2:46 P.M.
___________________________
Jared Grifoni, Council Chair
ATTEST:
____________________________________
Joan Taylor, City Clerk
PREPARED BY:
___________________________
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, September 16, 2024 1:00 PM Community Meeting Room
Workshop - City Manager's 2025 Goals
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Presentation
ID 24-3806 Employee of the Quarter
4. Business - Developing the FY 2025 City Manager Goals
a. ID 24-3757 Developing the FY 2025 City Manager Goals
Attachments: 2023/24 Areas of Focus Evaluation Tool
Exhibit B Evaluation tool
Draft City Manager Goals 2025
b. ID 24-3849 Contract Terms and Evaluation Method Update
Attachments: City Manager McNees Contract 5-20-19
1st Amendment Employment Agreement
2nd Amend Employment Agreement
2023 Compensation increase
5. Public Comment
[4 minutes per individual – Each individual has one opportunity to speak.]
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6. Adjournment
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written comments may be sent to the City of Marco Island, 50 Bald Eagle Drive, Marco Island, FL.
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Marco Island City Council Rules of Decorum
The City of Marco Island is committed to the First Amendment principal of free speech and to full
and open discussion of the City’s business in open forum. It also recognizes that in order to
ensure meetings of the City Council are conducted in a manner that allows the business of the
City to be effectively conducted, and ensures that members of the public can be heard in a fair,
impartial and respectful manner, that reasonable rules based on time, place, and manner of that
speech are in order. The members of the Marco Island City Council, employees of the City of
Marco Island, and citizen participants are expected to reflect proper decorum and treat each other
with courtesy and respect as follows:
• The City Council Chair is in control of the meeting at all times. The Chair is granted wide
discretion to interpret and enforce these rules of decorum and other City Council Policies and
Procedures.
• When recognized by the Chair, citizen participants will address all comments to the
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unduly repetitive remarks.
• Only those persons who have signed for a particular item of business will be given the
opportunity to speak. Exceptions may be granted at the sole discretion of the Chair.
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the orderly conduct of the meeting.
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Citizen Comment on Consent Agenda Items
• Items listed under Consent Agenda are viewed to be routine and the recommendation will be
enacted by one motion. If discussion is desired by the Council, the item(s) will be removed from
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any item removed from the Consent Agenda.
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