City Manager

The City of Marco Island operates under a council-manager form of government, with the City Council serving as the legislative and policy-making body of the City. The City Council appoints a City Manager to serve as the chief administrative manager of the city. As the city’s Chief Administrative Officer the City Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of all operations of city government. The Manager prepares a budget for the Council's consideration; recruits, hires and supervises the government staff; serves as the Council's chief advisor' and carries out the Council's policies. Council members and citizens count on the manager to provide complete and objective information, pros and cons of alternatives, and long-term consequences. The Charter requires the manager to reside within the city limits which ensures that he/she is a residential member of the community.

Vision

To be responsible to City Council for the administration of all City affairs by providing sound policy recommendations, leadership and management of all departmental activities, and to strive for excellence in the provision of City services at a reasonable cost with an organization committed to good customer service for the citizens we serve.

City Manager: Michael McNees

Mike McNees assumed the role of Marco Island City Manager on July 1, 2019.  Before that he served as City Manager for Melbourne on Florida’s Space Coast.

McNees started his thirty-plus year career in public service in the early 1980’s when he moved from the private sector into an entry-level job in Collier County Government.  17 years later he left his position as Assistant Collier County Manager to become City Manager in Sarasota, Florida, a position he held for six years.  He the moved to the mountains to become the first County Administrator of Blaine County, Idaho which covers 2800 square miles and includes the Sun Valley ski resort.

In 2009 Mike was recruited by a former associate to the position of Chief Operating Office for USA Track and Field, and a year later was unexpectedly thrust into the Chief Executive Officer’s role.  In two years in that position he took Team USA to the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and to World Championship events in Istanbul, Turley and Daegu, South Korea, while negotiating the necessary contracts for the execution of the 2012 USA Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon.  McNees subsequently returned to public service in Melbourne in early 2013.

Mike is a native Hoosier who received a degree in Chemistry from Indiana University, where he was a Big Ten Conference Champion in track and field.  He served as Assistant Track Coach at Louisiana Tech University while earning his Masters’ Degree in Business Administration.