Marco Island City Council vetoes city manager pay raise, agrees to $500,000...
Appraisals of City Manager Jim Riviere ranged from a low of fair to a high of outstanding during Marco Island's City Council Monday. Even with no failing grades, council refused to approve a pay raise...
View ArticleGuest Commentary: By Larry Honig - My city manger evaluation
Marco Island's city manager, Jim Riviere, was subjected to his third evaluation in nine months at a recent City Council meeting. Each of us on the council used a different approach, with different...
View Article'Current' affairs – Waterways Committee puts off seawalls, takes up...
Moving advisory board meetings to the city's Community Room, and putting them on television, seems to be bearing fruit as a strategy to encourage public participation. Thursday morning, the public...
View ArticleMarco Island Beautification Advisory Committee hears from city manager on...
In a meeting of the minds, Marco Island City Manager Jim Riviere joined the Beautification Advisory Committee Monday to offer understanding and a little guidance. He gave the nod for the group to...
View ArticleBedind the scenes with the Island's 'Water Wizards'
When you turn on a faucet in your home, you expect the water to flow. And it does. You expect it to be clean and drinkable, and it is. But how often do you stop and think about what is involved in...
View ArticleCity of Marco Island offers no proposal to county for Isles of Capri fire...
The City of Marco Island declined Wednesday to offer a plan for assuming operating responsibilities for Isles of Capri Fire District. The response answered a letter sent by the Collier County manager's...
View ArticleMarco Island City Manager Jim Riviere retiring
Marco Island City Manager Jim Riviere announced his resignation today, effective in September.
View ArticleSome Marco Island councilors vexed about Capri fire district decision, plan...
If a series of coincidences sparked Marco Island City Manager Jim Riviere's resignation, Councilor Larry Honig says he did not strike the match. Unfolding events during the week of April 15 may have...
View ArticleIsles of Capri fire board says 'no' to consolidation with East Naples, waits...
In a decision that stunned the room and brought Thursday's meeting to an abrupt close, the Isles of Capri Fire Advisory board voted 3-2 to reject a consolidation proposal from East Naples. "It was a...
View ArticleMarco Island City Council begins manager search, authorizes study on Capri...
Marco Island's City Council wants to replace City Manager Jim Riviere quickly and confidentially. On Monday, both possibilities were discussed. Riviere announced his retirement on April 18 after...
View ArticleRealtor lunch features Marco Island city manager as speaker, honors its own
Music could have been playing "Happy Days Are Here Again" as Marco Island real estate agents joined Tuesday for a general membership meeting and lunch at Hideaway Beach. It's been a good year for...
View ArticleConcerned over building inspections, construction trades pack Marco Island...
Monday afternoon, the Marco Island City Council chambers were packed with a standing-room-only crowd as the meeting began, largely made up of people who generally do not attend council meetings. The...
View ArticleChief Don Hunter released from hospital, expected to return to work Monday
Marco Island Police Chief Don Hunter, who was hospitalized in late July with a shoulder injury, expects to return to work by Monday.
View ArticleFinancial reality: Budget Sub-Committee prepares to deliver spending target...
Talk about a long, hot summer. Members of the Budget Sub-Committee of the Marco Island City Council have not only sat on the dais through lengthy regular City Council meetings, plus workshops and...
View ArticleLarry Magel resigns from Marco Island City Council
In a written statement to the Council Chairman, Magel announced, “I will be moving from Marco Island in September, and as such will no longer be a permanent resident of the City of Marco Island. In...
View ArticleMarco Island City Council votes to start manager search over with new...
The City Council meeting Monday was a two-for-one special, with a "special-called" meeting at 3:30 preceding the regular City Council meeting at 5:30. The special-called meeting was supposed to give...
View ArticleNew interim city manager: Marco Island City Council chooses finance director...
In a display of unity and consensus not always apparent from Marco Island's City Council, the seven councilors chose Finance Director Gill Polanco as the new, temporary city manager, and agreed to work...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Seizing control is complete
The “new” City Council has seized control of the City of Marco Island, with the forcing out of Jim Riviere. The new council was voted in with the promise of “change.” Unfortunately, it seems that the...
View ArticleResolution and resolutions: Marco Island leaders share their plans and...
City Council Chairman Ken Honecker said he does not make New Year's resolutions. But what he is looking for, and what Marco Island needs in the new year, is just that – resolution, on some of the...
View ArticleMarathon's Hernstadt will be Marco Island's new city manager
Marco Island now has a new city manager. Roger Hernstadt, the current the city manager of Marathon in the Florida Keys, was hired unanimously by Marco Island City Council Monday evening. He will be...
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