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Sarasota News Leader October 25, 2013 Page 10 "I still feel at this point Mr. Reid is not a good votes at two official meetings three weeks fit for Sarasota county administrator," said apart to fire a county administrator, or four Mason, who made the motion to fire him. commission votes at one meeting. Meanwhile, Commissioner Nora Patterson and Vice Chairman Charles Hines supported the administrator for hiring quality staff members to fill vacancies, tackling problems left in the aftermath of former Administrator Jim Ley's resignation and working to bring the World Rowing Championship to Sarasota in 2017. "I'm sad," Patterson told reporters after Wednesday's meeting concluded. She cast the sole vote against terminating Reid without cause. But Patterson said the county needed to move forward. "This is a human being," Hines said before the vote. "He moved his family here. I believe he is a good person. He has worked hard." Even though at least two commissioners gave Reid low marks for communication in January, the evaluations released last week showed a downward slide for the county's CEO. After the vote, Robinson told The Sarasota News Leader that she had two meetings with Reid before completing her latest evaluation to go over several issues she perceived as ongoing problems. "I wanted him to take Hines — who gave the administrator satisfac- responsibility and make plans to get things on tory/above average marks on his evaluation track," Robinson said. — cast the fourth vote to fire Reid. But he said he did so to avoid three weeks of doubt about But the meetings ended badly, Robinson conReid's future. Under the provisions of the tinued, noting that her concerns were not county's charter, it takes three commission addressed. Randall Reid listens as Commissioner Christine Robinson explains her evaluation. Photo by Roger Drouin