Sarasota News Leader
October 18, 2013
Page 10
May 2011 after the
improper purchasing
I believe there are some
procedures became
longstanding concerns especially about
public.
about the lack of
a plan to deal with
continued deficit
spending — a point
communication, and that was expressed she made numerous
Mason, Barbetta and at the last evaluation.
times during budget
Robinson listed perworkshops this year.
Christine Robinson
ceived problems that
She has voiced her
Commissioner
would make it difficult
Sarasota County
opposition to continfor any local governued use of the county's
ment administrator to work with elected economic uncertainty fund to balance the
officials. In their evaluations, Robinson wrote budget, with projections showing that pot of
that Reid was not taking appropriate respon- money will run dry as early as the 2016 fiscal
sibility for problems, and Mason concluded he year.
had undermined the trust of commissioners. Mason wrote that Reid does not always fully
Board members also cited specific examples
of faltering projects. Among those, Barbetta
wrote of his frustration with delays in key
economic efforts, including the Fruitville
Initiative, while Robinson expressed concern
understand concerns the board members
raise.
The commissioners were split on their perspective of how well Reid was doing overall,
with two giving him at least a "satisfactory"
Commissioners Joe Barbetta and Christine Robinson review budget material. File photo
