Sarasota County commissioners finalized a plan this week to pick up the bill for more than $2 million that Tax Collector Mike Moran withheld from Sarasota County Schools to process a voter-approved referendum for education.
But they only agreed to cover the annual expense until an ongoing lawsuit between the tax collector and the school district is resolved in court. After that, commissioners said they would revisit who exactly would cover the fee going forward based on the judge’s ruling.
“I don’t want to see us pay something that is not something we should be paying,” Commissioner Teresa Mast said at the meeting. “And I think that hopefully the courts will resolve this issue.”…