Joseph Marinaccio
Gulf Shores City Council - Place 4
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About the Office
The City Legislature is the municipality's governing body, responsible for voting on ordinances and policies, and often is in charge of hiring a city manager.
Term Length
4 years
Election Date
Aug 26, 2025
About Me
Party
nonpartisan
Occupation
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My Top Issues
Government Reform
I believe term limits are healthy and promotes fresh prospective. Long serving members while valued for their experience can become complacent, non-transparent and resistant to changes. Term limits help guard against this and encourages a continuous focus on improvement.
Infrastructure / Transportation
A comprehensive study should be conducted immediately looking at how future growth will impact our infrastructure and how much growth it can handle.
Infrastructure / Transportation
On Fort Morgan Road the new & planned subdivisions have already resulted in increased traffic. Will the schools be able to handle the increased number of students? Can our utility systems handle the increased demand? To discourage new subdivisions the city should look into higher impact fee to developers that would be used to upgrade the infrastructure for any new approved subdivisions. Another avenue could be to change the zoning requirements for subdivisions requiring larger lots sizes and more green spaces which would reduce the overall number of houses that could be built.
Economy
Sand in My Boots Festival and the loss of our beaches for over 3 weeks. I do understand the festival brings revenue to the city. With that said, I do think if the contract is renewed the city needs to negotiate harder.
Infrastructure / Transportation
Before embarking on any major capital projects, the city needs to look into alternative project delivery methods such as design build. Design build is a project delivery method where an entity puts their program of requirements and budget to the marketplace and solicits from a single entity that provide both design and construction under one contract.
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