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"I realize there is some extra work involved," Barbetta said, "but this is less than 11 months [since the contract was awarded in 2013] and now, all of a sudden, this has come forward." He added, "I still don't have total faith in the way our mowing contracts are being handled." Robinson reminded staff that past vendors had told commissioners the county's mowing specs were not accurate, "and it was a point of contention when our mowing contracts were being awarded, and they were correct. So I'm having a difficult time reconciling that." Staff members explained that the mowing contracts were structured to allow for firms to receive more compensation if the determi- nation was made after they started working that they were handling more acreage. That was a fact Patterson continued to argue against just prior to the May 7 vote. "I don't think your methodology of going back in after a bid [to correct figures] is an appropriate way to continue in the future," she said. "I really don't." During almost 45 minutes of discussion on the morning of May 7, Spencer Anderson, director of Field Services, which includes Graphics shown to the County Commission this week compare the proposed type of map showing an area in a mowing zone (left) to the existing map provided to a prospective vendor. Image courtesy Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader May 9, 2014 Page 27