County Sheriff's Office. Five new replace-
ment buses of the clean diesel variety made
up $2,250,000 of the total, with Sheriff Tom
Knight's request totaling $450,000.
The latter item was on the original list for
the surtax funding, Brownman told the
commissioners.
Lafon explained that staff soon will bring to
the board a budget resolution for a formal
vote on the funding.
The commissioners also voted unanimously
to add several projects to a list deemed essen-
tial for the CIP, though no funding has been
dedicated to them. They include a North Port
Connector as well as a new North Port library
that would be part of a proposed Sarasota
County Technical Institute (SCTI) campus.
Additionally, the board approved about
$250,000 in an unexpected funding request
for emergency repairs to a pipe and culverts
A chart shows the list of county road resurfacing priorities for the fiscal years 2015 through 2019.
Image courtesy Sarasota County
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