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Sarasota News Leader November 1, 2013 Page 54 City Commission to provide the county, I cannot in good conscience ever within 90 days of the date of the letter, a support spending $700,000 to $1 million scope of services for of taxpayers' money for people to the long-term opera- swim there. tions of Warm Mineral Cheryl Cook Springs. Commissioner Sarasota News Leader on the morning of Oct. 31 that no date has been settled on yet for that session. "I'm hoping the [city] clerk is working on that now," he said, adding that he City of North Port had just been on the Although the County phone with county Commission also asked the city to pursue another solicitation officials asking the same question the News process for a short-term operator, the North Leader had asked. Port Commission decided that was a waste of The unanimous County Commission request time. to seek a new process for short-term manThe North Port board voted unanimously agement of the Springs came after both to hold a workshop to start ironing out the boards voted to reject the bid they awarded details of its long-range vision for the resort. in September to WMS Sarasota Management Assistant City Manager Daniel Schult told The LLC. That action followed protracted (From left) The North Port City commissioners are Rhonda DiFranco, Vice Mayor James Blucher, Mayor Linda Yates, Cheryl Cook and Tom Jones. Photo courtesy City of North Port