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Sarasota News Leader January 18, 2013 Page 29 In the meantime, the motion by Commissioner Christine Robinson also called for County Administrator Randall Reid or one of his assistant county administrators to work with Knight to review the needs before that discussion takes place. During Knight's presentation, Robinson asked Reid whether county staff had checked with the Sheriff's Office about property the commission decided to sell at the 1301 Cattlemen Road site where the EOC is to be completed by late spring of 2014. She wanted to be certain, she said, that the Sheriff's Office has no The motion further included a friendly amend- need for the property before the commission ment from Commissioner Joe Barbetta that puts it on the market. Knight and his staff Although the commiswork with county staff on the design of the I don't think we need to wait three sioners voted unaninew Emergency Oper- or four years and put ourselves in a mously on Aug. 20 to allow staff to proceed ations Center and the position to regret it. with the demolition improvements at SiesTom Knight of two buildings on a ta Key Public Beach. Sheriff 2.2-acre section of the Sarasota County Additionally, Barbetta Cattlemen Road propasked that Reid make erty, they concurred certain the Sheriff's Office weighs in on the with Reid's desire to undertake an update of county's plans to purchase new emergency ra- the current county facilities plan and for him dio equipment to replace the aging 800 MHz to meet with Knight regarding the Sheriff's Ofsystem the county has been using for 16 years. fice's need for any of the acreage adjacent to the EOC site. Robinson emphasized the need for "upper level" discussions between the county adminis- During the Jan. 8 meeting, Reid told Robintration and the Sheriff's Office. son he believed county staff had talked with The Sarasota County commissioners review agenda material on Jan. 8 in their chambers in downtown Sarasota. Photo by Norman Schimmel