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Carter indicated to Patterson that SCAT trans- fer stations will have machines similar to ATMs that will accept credit and debit cards in the future, Patterson said. County Commission Vice Chairwoman Christine Robinson told the News Leader on July 15, "SCAT has been a work in progress since I've been in office." Robinson was appointed in late 2010 to fill out Commissioner Shannon Staub's unex- pired term. Robinson then was elected to the board in November 2012. "There have been significant improvements," Robinson said, since Carter took over as man- ager of SCAT. The switch to accepting debit and credit cards "is another one of those," Robinson added. The Sarasota County library system just began allowing its patrons to use debit and credit cards for payments, Keiderling told the News Leader. SCAT will follow its lead, she said, working through the Sarasota County Clerk of Court's Office to set up the online system. Although the new fiscal year will start on Oct. 1, "We're shooting for [the start of] 2015" to get the service up and running, Keiderling pointed out. "That would be great." COMPARABLE SYSTEMS On July 8, Jonathan Paul, the county's interim transportation planning director, provided the County Commission a summary of the findings from an organizational evaluation of SCAT that was conducted this spring. SCAT's operations were compared to those Sarasota County Area Transit buses are not equipped to take debit or credit cards. File photo Sarasota News Leader July 18, 2014 Page 23