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BOOK .78 866 <br />EMERGENCY ITEM - CONTRACT FOR FRUIT SALES <br />Administrator Chandler reviewed the following memo from <br />Utility staff, noting that the red grapefruit was all right and <br />we realized -about $35,000 from that crop: <br />DATE: JANUARY 8, 1990 <br />TO: JAMES E. CHANDLER <br />COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR u <br />FROM: TERRANCE G. PINT <br />DIRECTOR OF UTILIT SERVICES <br />SUBJECT: <br />FRUIT SALES <br />PREPARED AND STAFFED BY: JOHN FREDERICK LANG <br />ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIA IST <br />DEPARTMENT OF UTILIT SERVICES <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Department of Utility Services signed a contract for fruit <br />harvesting services and purchase on December 13, 1989. The white <br />grapefruit crop was injured in the freeze conditions over the <br />Christmas Holidays. The purchaser, Hubert Graves Packing Company, <br />has advised the County that they cannot honor the contract as per <br />Clause II, of the contract. The red grapefruit crop was harvested <br />as per the contract. <br />ANALYSIS <br />The Department has asked Steve Futch, the County Extension Agent, to <br />inspect the fruit, and it is his recommendation that the fruit <br />should be sold immediately for processing. Hubert Graves Packing <br />Company, has proposed purchasing the fruit based upon a per pound <br />solids basis as realized from processing the fruit. The price will <br />have a standard deduction for the pick, load, and haul. This price <br />is $0.10 per pound solids less than last year's price. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />The Department of Utility Services recommends that the Chairman of <br />the Board of County Commissioners execute the letter of acceptance <br />to ensure a monetary return on the white grapefruit crop. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Wheeler, SECONDED by Com- <br />missioner Bird, the Board unanimously authorized the <br />Chairman to execute the letter of acceptance with <br />Hubert Graves Packing Co. as recommended by staff. <br />34 <br />