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Sarasota News Leader June 28, 2013 Page 56 By mid-afternoon, Robinson voiced concern about whether the commissioners even could manage to hear all the department heads' presentations before the end of the day, given the number of questions the board members were asking. Reid already had noted that only the items in green on the handouts the board members had for each department involved new spending. Therefore, Patterson proposed the department chiefs discuss just the green items. "I agree with you exactly," Reid replied. "I don't know how many times I said that [to staff prior to their presentations]." THE DECISIONS After the last department requests — from Spencer Anderson, director of the Field Services Department [think mowing] — Patterson suggested the board members move down the list of expenses requested, except for new personnel. Commissioner Christine Robinson. File photo tracking data in February 2012, it found 13 felony cases, 17 misdemeanor cases, 38 citations and 456 Notices to Obtain Permits had been recorded in regard to "unlicensed/unpermitted activity in the County," according to the PowerPoint presentation. "I am not going to support any of these right The estimated cost for FY 2014 is $264,842; now," Robinson said. however, fees would cover about 80 percent of that, with the remainder coming out of the "I'm willing certainly to award some of them," general fund, Assistant County Administrator Patterson responded. "I'd like to go through Mark Cunningham explained. these," she added, unless a majority of her fellow board members disagreed. Additionally, staff would be seeking board approval to amend the county zoning code to "I don't mind going through [the list]," Mason require that every contractor conspicuously said. post the county work permit on site, Cunningham said. Commissioner Joe Barbetta concurred. The following decisions resulted from that The Florida Building Code says only that the process: permit be kept on the site, he added. • By a 4-1 vote, with Robinson dissenting, the Referring to the request for the two new emboard agreed to hire the two new Code En- ployees, Vice Chairman Charles Hines said, forcement officers. After county staff began "This is very, very important. … [Contractors]