{"id":426531,"date":"2026-10-13T12:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/426531\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:38:08","slug":"indian-creek-village-hires-former-miami-administrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/426531\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Creek Village hires former Miami administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Aerial<\/p>\n

Aerial view of Indian Creek Village with its golf course anchoring the center of the island.<\/p>\n

C.W. Griffin<\/p>\n

Miami Herald File<\/p>\n

Indian Creek Village, the tiny, ultrawealthy island community known as Billionaire Bunker, has hired a new manager at an annual salary of $215,000 to oversee a municipality with just 41 residential properties and fewer than 100 residents.<\/p>\n

Joseph Napoli \u2014 a former chief of staff to former Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez and once a high-ranking official with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department that runs Miami International Airport \u2014 will lead the exclusive community in Biscayne Bay, according to his employment contract.<\/a><\/p>\n

Napoli is stepping into the job at a time when the village\u2019s growing popularity will likely make his job more visible. He will be in charge of making sure everything is in order in the village, where some of the world\u2019s wealthiest people own waterfront mansions, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos., Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, former NFL start Tom Brady and presidential daughter Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner<\/p>\n

Napoli is already on the job and has helped oversee the proposed 2027 of $8 million in revenues and $6.7 million in expenses..<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to working with the mayor and Village Council to maintain the village\u2019s high standards, and ensure the continued delivery of quality municipal services to our residents,\u201d he told the Miami Herald.<\/p>\n

\"Joseph Joseph Napoli has been named the new town manager of Indian Creek Village, famously known as Billionaire Bunker. Miami-Dade County <\/p>\n

READ MORE: Ivanka and Jared bought in Billionaire Bunker in 2020. There\u2019s a big status update<\/a><\/p>\n

His former boss, ex-Miami city manager Emilio Gonzalez, said Napoli can handle the complexity of running the prestigious town.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is eminently qualified for this job,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n

The Village Council approved Napoli\u2019s employment agreement on Sept. 8, giving him an initial two-year contract that includes a $600 monthly car allowance, a village-issued cellphone and health benefits.<\/p>\n

For a municipality with only 41 residential properties, that works out to more than $5,400 per property annually for the manager\u2019s salary and car allowance alone.<\/p>\n

The figure illustrates the cost of local government administration in one of America\u2019s wealthiest enclaves, although the expense is paid through village revenues, including property taxes, rather than a direct assessment of that amount on each homeowner.<\/p>\n

His base salary puts him in the same general pay range as administrators running substantially larger South Florida communities.<\/p>\n

For comparison, the village manager of nearby Bal Harbour was reported to earn $222,847 in 2025. Aventura, a city with more than 40,000 residents, paid its city manager $237,500, ane Surfside, with a population of about 5,500, paid its town manager $250,000.<\/p>\n

\"Jeff Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, is among the wealthy residents of Indian Creek Village. Miami Herald File <\/p>\n

Miami Beach City Manager Eric Carpenter earns an annual salary of about $398,000, according to the city\u2019s salary database. Miami Beach has more than 80,000 residents.<\/p>\n

Even among South Florida\u2019s smallest and wealthiest municipalities, executive salaries can be substantial. Golden Beach, a wealthy coastal community with fewer than 1,000 residents, was reported to pay its town manager more than $314,000 in 2025.<\/p>\n

Indian Creek\u2019s new manager will earn less than those administrators, but his salary stands out because of the village\u2019s small size and famous residents.<\/p>\n

Napoli will be in charge of overseeing the day-to-day operations of a half-square-mile island, just west of Surfside. Accessible by a single bridge, the community has its own police department and is dominated by sprawling waterfront estates and the private Indian Creek Country Club.<\/p>\n

The village handles zoning and development decisions and oversees infrastructure projects, including sewer improvements and bridge repairs.<\/p>\n

Napoli replaces Guillermo Olmedillo, who had been serving as interim village manager. Olmedillo is staying on as a land use, zoning and infrastructure consultant.<\/p>\n

Napoli must work at least 40 hours a week, attend village meetings and be available 24\/7 for emergencies. He will receive three weeks of annual vacation and five paid personal days, along with other benefits.<\/p>\n

If the council terminates him without cause, he is entitled to eight weeks of salary \u2014 about $33,077 \u2014 and eight weeks of health insurance premiums. If he resigns, he must give the village 60 days\u2019 written notice.<\/p>\n

The council retains the authority to dismiss Napoli at any time, despite the agreement\u2019s initial two-year term.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published October 13, 2026 at 5:12 AM.<\/p>\n


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Luisa Yanez covers real estate and the impact of wealth migration in South Florida for the Miami Herald. In her work, she will be using both traditional reporting and AI tools.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aerial view of Indian Creek Village with its golf course anchoring the center of the island. C.W. Griffin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-426531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}