Marco Island City Council elects Grifoni as vice-chair

Marco Island City Council elected Jared Grifoni as its vice-chair in a 5-2 vote and unanimously re-elected Erik Brechnitz as chair during Monday's council meeting… Grifoni served as council's vice-chair from 2016 to 2017 and chair from 2017 to 2018, according to the city's website. - Read more here: Marco Eagle, 11/6/19

Marco Island councilors want heftier fines against Madeira, others

In light of this, city councilor Jared Grifoni said Friday during the City Council meeting that Madeira appears not to care about the law

“There’s a difference between someone making an unintentional mistake and what I think amounts to […] reckless disregard for the laws which is what we appear to have here,” Grifoni said. “Maybe we can […] increase the fines for intentional reckless conduct that are much heftier than where we are at right now while still providing just a sliver of leeway for someone who makes a mistake.” - Read more here: Marco Eagle, 10/30/19

City of Marco Island to help residents with sidewalk repairs

"A status quo is unacceptable at this stage," Grifoni said. "We have to remember that minor repairs [...] for a lot of people they can be done," Grifoni said. "But when you get to bigger numbers, if you have to replace a significant portion of your sidewalk, that can get easily up to or over $10,000 or $15,000."

"It just seems un-American that this property that the city owns, you are required to maintain and you are required to replace in full," Grifoni said. "When you write that $15,000 check for a piece of property that isn't yours it's a tough pill to swallow for a lot of folks." - Read more here: Marco Eagle, 10/17/19