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08/23/2013

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Sarasota News Leader August 23, 2013 Page 44 a 3.4 percent increase for FY 2016, a budget chart shows. Patterson characterized the economic uncertainty reserve figures as "a fairly dismal projection." Vice Chairman Charles Hines said the chart "is … great … for us to use to talk to the community and explain to them what's going to happen over the next two to three years. I don't know that I would use the word 'dismal.'" Hines added that he felt previous County Commissions had done "a great job of setting aside money and reinvesting it in our community." Commissioner Nora Patterson studies agenda material during a budget workshop earlier this year. File photo A June graphic shows projections for spending from the county's economic uncertainty fund (in blue). The purple cylinder indicates the actual expense in the 2012 fiscal year, while the green cylinders represent the county's disaster reserve fund. Image courtesy of Sarasota County

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