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adding at one point, "It's always been the con- tractor [under county regulations]." In follow-up questions about what Mehan had explained to Seery regarding one subcon- tractor's qualifications for a project, Mehan replied at one point, "We've been through so many contractors on this project." On another line of questioning, Aker sought to show that county staff had indicated to Seery that the capping of the existing water ser- vice should be completed before a fence was installed around the lift station or crushed concrete was laid down with a weed barrier in the lift station area. Mehan testified, "Capping the water service had nothing to do with installing the fence or the crushed concrete." Aker pointed out the fence might have had to be taken down for the capping if the fence had been erected beforehand, making the capping more difficult. "It was doable," Mehan said of the capping with the fence in place. Michael K. Lewis, president of Royal Oldsmobile-GMC Trucks Co., the owner of the property where Bob's Boathouse operates, also was in the audience at the July 25 hearing. Bob's Boathouse pays the firm $330,000 per year to lease the site, according to a copy of the contract provided to Sarasota County. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader August 1, 2014 Page 63