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Sarasota News Leader May 10, 2013 Page 64 COMMISSION TO DISCUSS DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP REGISTRY By consensus on May 7, the Sarasota County Commission agreed to place an item on an upcoming agenda to discuss whether it should create a domestic partnership registry for the county. "I hear myself and Commissioner Robinson," Mason said after another pause as she looked at the other board members. Then Commissioner Joe Barbetta concurred: "Sure." County Administrator Randall Reid told MaLeigh Sprimont, operations manager for the son staff would schedule the discussion. commission, told The Sarasota News Leader the discussion tentatively has been set for the Former Sarasota City Commissioner Ken Shemorning of June 5, when the board will meet lin, who has championed domestic partnerin regular session at the Administration Cen- ship registries in Sarasota, Venice and North ter in downtown Sarasota. Port — with the first two of those having set Chairwoman Carolyn Mason brought up the up registries in the past months — sent an topic during the board's May 7 regular meeting email to the commissioners on May 2, asking in Venice, noting that all the commissioners them to allow him to address them on the tophad received copies of an April 23 memo from ic of registries, he told the News Leader. County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh on the issue of domestic partnership registries in the "There is a public eagerly awaiting the creation of a county ordinance, just as there were state. in the Cities of Sarasota, Venice and North When she first asked, "Can we schedule it for Port," he wrote. "I look forward to your faa discussion item," no one responded. Then vorable action to move this concept forward." Commissioner Christine Robinson replied, Rachel Brown Hackney "I'm fine with that." Ken Shelin/Contributed photo County Commissioner Carolyn Mason. Photo by Norman Schimmel