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Sarasota News Leader October 18, 2013 Page 11 rating. Commissioners Nora Patterson and Charles Hines characterized Reid's performance as "above average" and "satisfactory/ above average," respectively. "When I interact with the new staff that Mr. Reid has brought on to fill several top level vacancies that he inherited when he took over from [Interim County Administrator Terry] Lewis, I am impressed with the quality of Mr. Reid's choices and recruitment," Patterson wrote in her review. But the combined evaluation results cast an uncertain light on Reid's future with the county. It takes three commission votes at two official meetings, a minimum of three weeks apart, to fire the county administrator, or four commission votes at one meeting, according to the county's charter. THE PROBLEMS Commissioner Carolyn Mason ponders a matter during a budget workshop. Photo by Rachel Hackney asked for details about why a member of the At various points in their evaluations, Mason, public was not charged for either the length Barbetta and Robinson referenced the same of time it took staff to compile the records examples when citing displeasure with Reid's the person wanted or for the hours a county employee stayed with the person during the job performance over the past six months. review of those files. Barbetta and Robinson wrote that they felt county staff members did not communicate Robinson wrote that she was frustrated that with commissioners because they were afraid the county's public records policy was not being enforced uniformly — even though a of being reprimanded. clear policy had been in place for a number Problems with the county's adherence to its of years. public records policy was another issue. Mason, Robinson and Barbetta all also menMason wrote that "the board experienced tioned the mishandling of information about some difficulty with [Reid] during the public the July resignation of former Strategic and records request discussion due to a lack of Financial Planning Director Suzanne Gable. clarity on implementing county policy, i.e., Gable resigned after Financial Planning Office how/when we charge for such requests." staff discovered she did not have a valid CPA She was alluding to almost 45 minutes of license; yet, those commissioners pointed discussion on Aug. 28, when commissioners out, Reid did not mention the CPA license