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Commission directs staff to keep negotiating a lease‑to‑purchase for new Clerk Records Center

Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners · November 18, 2025
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Summary

County staff briefed commissioners on two proposals for replacing the Clerk of Court records center; the Board directed staff to continue negotiations with Swift Family Limited Partnership on a 30‑year triple‑net lease with a purchase option that fits within the surtax allocation.

Carolyn Eastwood, director of Capital Projects, briefed the Board on the Clerk Records Center replacement project included in the surtax CIP with an $18 million allocation. The county solicited proposals for a site within one mile of the clerk’s main office and received two submissions; staff discounted one for incomplete material and…

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