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city's computers run Windows 7. "This hand- icaps the ability to help the entire customer base that is running MS Windows 7," says one finding. The final issue is the lack of "current and accurate network diagrams." One auditor wrote, "Although I asked multiple times for a network diagram of the City of Sarasota's computing systems, I never received one. ITD staff members did not seem to know the status (existence or version) of a network diagram. This severely handicaps the depart- ment's ability to troubleshoot, recover from [an] incident or have a sound plan for upgrad- ing old infrastructure." ANOTHER PURGE? In October 2011, former state Sen. Bob Johnson said top city officials were deleting emails. The next month, John Jorgensen of the firm Sylint was hired not only to inves- tigate the missing email charge, but also to conduct an overview of the city's IT system. A witch-hunt mood swept City Hall. Nadalini placed IT Director Craig Chance and his dep- uty, Sandra Coleman, on paid administrative leave in January 2012. City commissioners wrenched the IT Department from the city manager, and Bartolotta resigned in February. On March 12, 2012, Nadalini fired Chance. Federal, state and local law enforcement officers investigated Johnson's allegation. A year later, after the dust cleared, no evi- dence of wrongdoing was found by the FBI, the U.S. Housing and Urban Development or the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. After a year on paid leave, Coleman was cleared of any illegal or inappropriate actions and returned to work. In an op-ed piece just before leaving office in 2013, then-City Commissioner Terry Turner said the episode "cost Sarasota taxpayers $537,000 on consultants and lawyers," plus the costs of Bartolotta's expulsion. He had voted consistently against the Sylint investigation and referral of the issue to law enforcement. The city's IT Department remains a hotbed of turmoil. The audit said, "During the engage- ment it was noted that there has [sic] been five (5) different IT Directors within the past nine (9) years." After Chance was fired, 124 people applied for the job. The winner was the man now holding the job — and the bag: Philip Hurwitz. Pam Nadalini is the city's auditor and clerk. Photo by Norman Schimmel Sarasota News Leader July 18, 2014 Page 18