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•r THE CHAIRMAN THEN ASKED FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTICE AND THE FOLLOWING SEALED BIDS WERE RECEIVED, OPENED AND READ: SUNRISE FORD TRACTOR Co,, FORT PIERCE FORD MODEL 6600 $11,655,98 BERGGREN EQUIPMENT CO., FORT PIERCE JOHN DEERE MODEL 2440 $12,745.00 ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE ABOVE BIDS BEING REFERRED TO THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR EVALUATION. THE ADMINISTRATOR INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS TRACTOR WOULD BE USED AS A NEW CONCEPT IN DOING ROADWORK AND GRADING, AS WELL AS FOR OTHER PURPOSES, EDWARD BROWN, BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD SALES REPRESENTATIVE, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO DISCUSS A PROPOSED 16.9% INCREASE IN RATES, MR. BROWN NOTED THAT -THEIR RATE ESTIMATES FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE COME WITHIN $200,00 OF WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR THE GROUP, AND THIS INCREASE IS SIMPLY DUE TO INFLATION AND GREATER USAGE IN DIAGNOSTIC AND MEDICAL CARE. HE STATED THAT THE 16.9% REPRESENTS LESS THAN WHAT THEY NORMALLY CONSIDER THE SPIRALLING OF COSTS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, OR 20o PER YEAR. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED HOW THEY DERIVED THE 16.9% RATE IN- CREASE, MR. BROWN NOTED THAT THE COUNTY HAD A LOSS RATIO OF 102x, WHICH HE FELT WOULD NORMALLY CALL FOR AROUND A 22% INCREASE, BUT APPARENTLY SOME CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO THE FLUCTUATION OF THE ti - USAGE FACTOR. COMMISSIONER LOY DISCUSSED MR. BROWNS STATEMENT THAT THEIR COSTS GO UP 20% A YEAR, AND MR. BROWN POINTED OUT AS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, THE NEW "CAT" SCANNER WHICH IS BEING USED CONSIDERABLY AND HAS GREATLY INCREASED THEIR COSTS. DISCUSSION CONTINUED IN REGARD TO INCURRED CLAIMS IN 1976-77,. LOSS RATIOS, AND HOW LAST YEAR S RATES WERE PROJECTED, CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT WITH A LOSS RATIO OF 83%, WE HELD THE SAME RATES, THIS YEAR WITH A LOSS RATIO OF 102%, WE WILL HAVE A 16,9% INCREASE IN RATES. HE FELT POSSIBLY WITH A LOSS RATIO OF 83% WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A REDUCTION IN OUR RATES LAST YEAR. 12 MAY 2 41978 got14