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Sarasota News Leader February 8, 2013 Page 90 Siesta Seen months it took to get a new proposal put out Second, he pointed out, the Siesta Key Village Maintenance Corp., which oversees the for bid and approved. upkeep, had not asked for the hedges to be Championship workers talked to the people trimmed. from Wilhelm after seeing them doing the trimming, Smith continued, and the Wilhelm Is county staff under the impression that the employees said, "'We have a contract with the parking lot remains its responsibility? Patterson asked. county,'" and "they just kept on trimming." Smith added that he had made a point to county staff that Siesta Key property owners who are assessed annual charges for the upkeep better not be double-billed for Wilhelm's work, since Championship took over the maintenance in September. Smith had talked with both Ryan Montague and Gary Spraggins in the county's Public Works Department — both of whom have been involved in the maintenance issues for the Village — "to kind of clear that up," he replied. Hedge trimming by a Sarasota County contractor has left the wall exposed in the municipal parking lot on Siesta Key. Photo by Rachel Hackney