Sarasota County holds final meeting at downtown offices

With staff having already vacated in preparation for the final move to its new administration center, the Sarasota County Commission gaveled out its final meeting there on Oct. 21.

The meeting chamber at the former Sarasota County Administration Center now stands empty after the final County Commission meeting held there on Oct. 21.
The meeting chamber at the former Sarasota County Administration Center now stands empty after the final County Commission meeting held there on Oct. 21.
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With the sharp rap of the gavel by Chairman Joe Neunder and a smattering of applause, the final meeting of the Sarasota County Commission at 1660 Ringling Blvd. in downtown Sarasota came to an abrupt conclusion. 

It was the last of 30 years of daylong meetings dating back to 1995 held in the former GTE building, after the county moved its administration center a few blocks west from the Terrace Building at the corner of Ringling Boulevard and South Washington Avenue.

Chairman Joe Neunder prepares to tap the gavel to close the final Sarasota County Commission meeting at 1660 Ringling Blvd.
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