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Akron, Ohio 443 .16 --- 000 SENTVIA F'EDEX AND FAX Indian River County April 16, 2018 APR 16 2018 Indian River County Board of County Commissioners Attn: Peter 1). O'Bnan, Chairman Office of the 1801 27th Street County Administrator Vero Beach, FL. 32960-3365 E,tct E -jnct Phone, (772)22226-1490 Fax: (772) 770-�3 4 Dear Indian River County Board of Commissioners - 1 am writing on behalf of Goodyear Auto Service Centers, a division of The Goodyear Tire & .Rubber Company ("Goodyear*') pursuant to Section 100.06 Indian River County Code of Ordinances (the "Applicable Code"), in response to a letter from Mr. Jason Brown, County Administrator (the "Denial Letter"). wherein he denied Goodyear's appeal of the County's refusal to pay certain invoices. The Denial Letter is attached for your reference. Per the Applicable. Code, Goodyear has a right to appeal a decision from the County Administrator by delivering to the person or body responsible for hearing the appeal a written statement with facts and details showing why the decision should be reversed or modified, -with a copy to the person or body from which the appeal. is being taken. 'Phis letter satisfies that .requirement and Goodyear hereby exercises its right under the Applicable Code to appeal the Denial Letter. Furthermore, Goodyear expressly reserves all rights it may have in contractual, tort, statutory or equitable remedies tender applicable law. Mr. Brown based his denial on the supposition that Goodyear did not address the three alleged discrepancies identified in Mr. King's original letter refusing payment of the submitted invoices. Goodyear believed it had adequately explained the facts and offered to resubmit the invoices, not realizing the revised invoices were expected to be included in the response to fir. Brown. To :address that issue and bring the invoices into the requested compliance, Goodyear is enclosing revised invoices with this correspondence that include the County's Purchase Order number. the F=AA Contract number and apply the. FSA contract pricing to the purchases made by the Counter's authorized agent. With respect to the third allested discrepancy, Goodyear is not aware of any requirement in any agreement that mandates Goodyear thatch tires purchased by the County to Indian River County vehicles. This item has never been a requirement to obtain payment during the parties' course of conduct. Goodyear disputes this as a valid basis for rejection of payment of the 253