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Sarasota News Leader January 3, 2014 Page 36 pay the sanctioning fee to hold the 2013 Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix in July. The vote rescinds a grant of $10,000 from the county's general fund, but the commission indicates a willingness to continue covering the sanctioning fee in future budget years. On March 19, Lucy Nicandri, vice president of the charity, presented the board with an economic impact study, commissioned by Suncoast Charities, showing the 2012 festival brought $14,306,173 into the county, up 12.1 percent from the 2011 amount of $12.7 million. public safety radio system with modern digital technology at a cost of about $18.5 million. The dissenters — Commissioners Christine Robinson and Nora Patterson — say they need more information about alternatives and more details about "bugs" other users have found with the type of system recommended. "I don't want to experience problems that could be avoided as a result of [not] going forward with a first-generation system," Robinson points out. Commissioner Joe Barbetta makes the motion to move forward with what is called a "P25 system," saying the alternative — upgrading the existing equip ment for use through 2017 — would lock the county into a sole-source vendor for new With a 3-2 vote on April 10, the County equipment in the future. Commission authorizes staff to proceed with steps necessary to replacing an outdated State law is specific about the types of golf carts that can operate legally on roads, staff tells the County Commission. Photo by Sfoskett via Wikimedia Commons