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Sarasota News Leader December 28, 2012 the Sarasota City commissioners. He is chairman of Citizens for a Better Sarasota. The petition-bearers focused on the parking lots of grocery stores and public buildings. Everyone with whom this reporter spoke said he or she was paid per signature, with three saying they were getting $2 apiece. Political junkies take note: It takes $6,600 to get a petition on the ballot in the city. McDonouth appears with Argus Foundation President Mike Quillen and Argus Executive Director Kerry Kirschner to ask the city commissioners formally to put the referendum on the Nov. 6 ballot. City Commissioner Terry Turner admits to having helped fund the petition drive. McDonouth says the measure ���eliminates the conflict of interest inherent in the current structures combining audit and administrative functions. It also consolidates administrative functions under the city manager to facilitate accountability and efficient delivery of city services.��� Page 47 The Sarasota City commissioners put the final ordinance in place to establish a legal bayfront mooring field downtown. This required only a decade of government activity. Commission approval follows approval by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on June 28. The city is one of five jurisdictions in the state experimenting with mooring regulation. Contractor Dock and Marine will begin staging equipment and pilings within several days on the south side of the 10th Street Boat Ramp. The 35-boat mooring area will be managed by Marina Jack Inc. Mooring will cost the smallest transient boat $18 per day. For a vessel 50 feet or longer, the day rate will be $25. Monthly mooring rentals will range from $250 to $345 per month. Marina Jack Inc.���s website does not show that a shuttle service will be offered to the shore, only dinghy dockage. Boats rest at anchor in the mooring field off the Sarasota bayfront. New mooring field regulations were approved July 16 by the City Commission. Photo by Norman Schimmel