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Sarasota News Leader December 28, 2012 of her office���s latest audit report during the commission���s regular meeting in Sarasota. That audit examined the county���s permit and impact fees. The report���s synopsis says, ���The permitting and impact fee assessment and collection process is complex and there are not written guidelines or procedures documenting this process. Undercharges and overcharges were noted during the audit ������ ��������� Tony and Cheri Bonasto say they have ���too many [locations in mind] to list them all��� just moments after the Sarasota County Commission denies their request to operate a food truck business off Canal Road in Siesta Village. ���We���re just going to move on,��� Tony Bonasto tells The Sarasota News Leader. ���This is just the beginning,��� Cheri Bonasto adds. They decline to offer any specifics about the other Page 66 sites. Cheri says they prefer to make sure they have plans firmed up before seeking board approval again. The County Commission denial is unanimous, with Commissioner Jon Thaxton making the motion and Commissioner Nora Patterson seconding it. Calling himself a ���big fan of food trucks,��� Thaxton adds, ���I think they���re funky. I think they���re cool.��� However, he says, the Bonastos��� application was for a private business that would be operated on a public right of way. ���This board has struggled for as long as I���ve been sitting here, and, frankly, much longer than my tenure here, at trying to maintain a balance in Siesta Key Village that keeps the harmony ��� between residents and commercial [operations],��� Thaxton says. ���I���m not a big fan of imposing on that very delicate balance something that could disrupt [it],��� he adds. ���I sincerely hope that there is another location that the truck can find.��� Pedestrians long have complained of the difficulty of reaching Bayfront Park from downtown Sarasota. Photo by Norman Schimmel