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Sarasota News Leader April 26, 2013 (The administrative review of the Procurement Manual was completed April 8, Reid advised the County Commission in an email that same day. With the board's approval of the new code on March 19, he pointed out, the review was the "final milestone in the formal revision of the purchasing process" for the county.") Page 38 tion about the wide discrepancy between her estimate and the corresponding part of the bid, Eastwood said Erickson had suggested that horizontal drilling firms have been picking up a lot more work over the past six months, which might have encouraged them to put in higher bids for the stormwater project. When Commissioner Nora Patterson asked Still, Eastwood said, "It's hard to imagine whether Karyn M. Erickson, president of Er- there would be that much difference in costs, ickson Engineering, had offered any explana- to be honest with you." About 10,000 cubic yards of soil removed to create an approximately 1-acre stormwater retention pond will be stockpiled at the Siesta Public Beach park for use in upcoming park improvements. Image courtesy Sarasota County