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Sarasota News Leader December 28, 2012 Sarasota County beaches are continuing to show the effects of tidal activity with accumulations of seaweed on beaches, a county news release reports. Subsequent tides are removing sizable portions of the seaweed, the release adds. Sarasota County Parks and Recreation staff is continuing to monitor all the beaches on a daily basis, the release says; large amounts of seaweed left after two complete tidal cycles are scheduled for cleanup. Some beaches can be cleaned only by hand, depending on environmental conditions on a specific beach, the presence of threatened or endangered species, weather and crowds, the news release points out. AUG. 20 Page 54 promoted strongly by Sarasota County Administrator Randy Reid. Warning that Sarasota County is in danger of having its most talented employees ���recruited from us,��� Reid pushes for the payment again during a budget workshop, noting that some non-union workers have not seen a pay raise in five years. ���I do want to point out that by giving a lump sum annual wage payment ��� which would be made likely right after the beginning of the fiscal year ��� when that is done, should the economy tank in future years, you���ve only given the amount of money for one year,��� Reid tells the commission. ���It is not rolled into the salary. It doesn���t become collectively added on each year automatically.��� AUG. 21 In a 4-1 vote, the Sarasota County Commission approves a $1,000 one-time pay boost to Almost exactly a year and a week after Sarathe county���s non-union employees, a move sota County took over maintenance of Siesta Red drift algae lines the shore on Lido Beach in early August. Photo by Norman Schimmel