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FROM: John H. deFremery, Agricultural Commission - Contra
Director of Weights and Measures Costa
DATE: August 26, 1988 G`Oun}�i
SUBJECT: California Cantaloupe Program - Establishment of ��YY
a Fee Schedule
SPECIFIC REQUESTS) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Approve and authorize the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to set
a fee schedule for inspections required by the California Cantaloupe
Program and for inspections requested by growers to certify melons .
as "Westside Number 1". This fee for the 1988-89 Fiscal Year shall
be:
1. 1 1/2 cents per carton for inspections at the packing shed.
2 . 3 cents per carton for inspections in the field .
3 . Retroactive to July 1 , 1988.
REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
Under the authority of the California Marketing Act , the California
Director of Food 'and Agriculture established a Marketing Order
requiring all cantaloupes produced for commercial purposes within the
State of California north and west of the San Gorgonio Pass to be
inspected and certified by County Agricultural Department personnel .
Zection 42793 of the California Food and Agricultural Code provides
that the board of supervisors of the county may establish a schedule
of fees for certification inspections or certificates, to be paid by
owners , shippers , or other interested parties.
The proposed fee schedule is the same as those that have been
established in other cantaloupe producing counties and will not put
our growers at a competitive disadvantage.
The proposed schedule of fees will increase County revenue by
approximatez ly $500 for this fiscal year .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON September 13, 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT --- AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED September 13, 1988
Agriculture Dept . PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BYNaz, f�✓ �/% DEPUTY
M382/7-83