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worries about their safety while they are shop- ping. Yet, two city commissioners — Mayor Willie Shaw and Vice Mayor Susan Chapman — have said it should not be built in the city. Barbetta does not want to give up on the shel- ter, either, he says. But at this point, he has "no faith this thing is going to continue forward." THE FUNDING CHALLENGE What about capital costs and operating funding? The commissions Monday did not even take on perhaps the most heated challenges yet regarding the project: Who will pay for what? The topic was part of a staff presentation shown on an overhead projector, but the boards did not get to it. One slide showed the county's "potential approach," which has the city covering up to 78 percent of the costs with the county. Under this scenario, the city would pay 39 percent of all expenses, the county would pay 39 percent and other municipalities in the county would pay the remaining 22 percent. On the next page, an approach recommended by City Manager Tom Barwin has the county paying a larger share of the shelter's costs. All of the capital expenses would be handled by the county. Another approach to funding the shelter, recommended by City Manager Tom Barwin, has the county paying the larger share of the expenses. Image courtesy Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader June 27, 2014 Page 42