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Sarasota News Leader July 12, 2013 Page 53 year, with a lot of changes that occurred," Barbetta said. Robinson was the most vocal of the five commissioners during a June 21 budget workshop, raising points about the confusion produced by changes in the proposed department budgets. Because of an administrative decision to change the allocation of staff responsible for operations and maintenance work in the county, one department was eliminated, two new offices were created in the Public Works Department and a number of positions were returned to other departments. Botelho and his staff said at the time that the action necessitated about 5,000 line item changes in budget documentation for the 2014 fiscal year. Commissioner Nora Patterson concurred with Barbetta in complimenting Botelho on July 10, adding that information he recently had emailed the board had "answered a lot of questions as well." BUDGET DETAILS Commissioner Christine Robinson. Photo by Norman Schimmel Among the changes already reflected in the FY 2014 budget is the inclusion of 67.8 full-time-equivalent (FTE) positions the County Commission has approved during the current fiscal year. Twenty-four of those were allocated to the new Field Services Office