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Sarasota News Leader December 28, 2012 Page 24 APRIL 23 Not one of the 100 candidates for city manager of Sarasota resides in Sarasota County, according to the list provided to The Sarasota News Leader by Kurt Hoverter, the city���s director of human resources. However, one of the candidates ��� Susan Stanton ��� was a finalist for the position when the City Commission four-and-a-half years ago chose to hire Robert Bartolotta. Two of the other candidates were among the 49 who applied last fall to become the new Sarasota County administrator: James Chisholm, city manager of Daytona Beach; and Edward Mitchell, administrator of the City of West Palm Beach. APRIL 24 Although the Sarasota County commissioners remain divided over how to pay for planned improvements at Siesta Key Public Beach, they vote unanimously April 24 to move up the timetable for widening Bee Ridge Road east of Interstate 75. The commissioners di- A graphic illustration shows proposed improvements to Bee Ridge Road east rect staff to pursue a borrowing option for the Bee Ridge project, so it can be completed as soon as possible. When the design work is finished, staff will come back to the board with a proposal on funding. ���I think the time for the Bee Ridge Road (work) has come and passed,��� Commissioner Jon Thaxton said in making the motion. ���I couldn���t imagine that road in its present state of affairs in 2018, ���19, ���20,��� he added, referring to the schedule if the county were to pay for the work with revenue from a penny surtax voters approved in 2007. % The Sarasota City Commission sits in session in the spring with Interim City Manager Terry Lewis (second from right). Photo by Norman Schimmel