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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1980
Local
CSISD spoilage has minimal effects
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By JANA SIMS
Battalion Staff
College Station Independent School District authorities
said that 11,746 pounds of ruined food discovered last week —
some of it three years old — will have little effect on the school
district’s food program.
B The rotten food, which was a combination of spoiled food
d some food infested with weevils, was found Aug. 26 when a
truckload of supplies was delivered to the College Hills
jlementary prior to the start of this school year.
Bill Goodwin, director of business services for CSISD, noti-
[edthe Brazos County health authorities, which Goodwin said
standard procedure. The health authorities are responsible
r checking the CSISD foods at Goodwin’s request, such as
hen a power shut down in August caused the CSISD to lose
)me frozen foods.
The health department inspected the full inventory of food,
a a letter received Sept. 5 by Goodwin, the department said
at food in the amounts of 6,862 1 /2 pounds at the Holik ware-
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ntion they are in the process of reviewing inventory stockage to
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r a weekoffll “As of now, ” Goodwin said, “we have to assume that the food
as shipped to us fresh and that we kept it three years, unless
; can prove otherwise. ’’
Also, he said they are reviewing requisition procedures to
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make sure that foods ordered comply with menus and products
are not being ordered “just because they offer it, which may
have been a problem in the past. ”
Also, Goodwin said, “We want to make sure that the proce
dure of first in, first out is being accomplished.
“We’re not trying to lay the blame on anyone. We just want
to learn from past mistakes and improve the situation.”
Goodwin said the contributing factor in the incident was
inadequate storage. He said the present warehouses are in
poor condition, do not protect the food from the weather and
do not have proper ventilation.
“But whether or not perfect storage would have prevented
it,” Goodwin said, “we don’t know.”
Nevertheless, the cost of the nearly six tons of food was only
about $3,200, or about 3.5 percent of last year’s $89,100
CSISD food budget, Goodwin said. The costs of the foods were
obtained from a government commodity agency.
The food that ruined was federally funded. The CSISD
participates in the national school lunch program, and the
federal government allots supplies to schools in proportion to
their needs.
“We are required to pay a service charge of a few hundred
dollars,” Goodwin said, “in return for thousands of dollars
worth of food, and we must provide transportation to Houston
monthly to pick up supplies.”
The only effect of the food loss, Goodwin said, is that his
office will have to do some “readjusting.”
“We had enough on order and have plans to receive enough
supplies” that there will be no shortages or menu changes.
“We keep going,” Food Service Supervisor Betty Haugen
said, “We’ve just outgrown our facilities.”
However, Goodwin continued, “I don’t want to minimize
the problem. ” He said he hated to see it happen and would be
bothered if it were only “a bag of sugar” that ruined.
The rotten food included such things as oats, macaroni,
spaghetti, flour, corn meal and pork. The pork, some spaghetti
and macaroni and pinto beans were put in the College Station
landfill. The rest of the food was given away by tbe CSISD
maintenance people, Goodwin said, to livestock owners with
the instructions to cook the food per health authorities’ orders.
Goodwin said hopefully the inadequate storage will be taken
care of with a new warehouse to be completed in January. The
building will contain temperature-controlled areas for heat-
and humidity-sensitive items and walk-in freezers, a mainte
nance facility and a transportation facility. The contract was
awarded to Jordan and Woods Construction Company and the
money was appropriated by a 1976 bond issue. The cost of the
facility will be $308,760.
All food supplies will be kept in this central warehouse,
Goodwin said, and deliveries will be made to the schools as
needed. Goodwin said each school has a few weeks supply
storage capability.
Goodwin said the CSISD officials are aware of the problem
and are “all for” the new warehouse.
Goodwin said the commodities supplied by the government
are good quality but the total nutritional requirements cannot
be met with these foods alone. The CSISD purchases addition
al foods such as eggs, some mests and fresh vegetables on a bid
basis from wholesalers in Waco, Brenham, local merchants
and others. Milk and bread are bid upon annually and deli
vered daily to schools.
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City ordinances discussed
By DEBBIE NELSON
Battalion Staff
Problems with ordinance enforce
ment, zoning and planning in Col
lege Station were tossed around at an
nusual joint meeting of the city
[ouncil and the planning and zoning
lommission Wednesday.
Too many residents in a single
family dwelling and too-heavy loads
on city streets are common ordi
nance violations.
Pat Maher, planning and zoning
ihairman, asked why “tbe city writes
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Finding salaries in the city budget
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prs is unlikely, several councilmen
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If neighbors are knowledgeable
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required.
Councilman Bob Runnels said the
problem is a philosophical one. He
asked, “Can you compel someone to
use or not use their land in a certain
way?”
Concern was also expressed for
city planning — a blueprint for city
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strongly to “strip zoning” at planning
and zoning meetings, commissioners
said.
Maher described strip zoning as a
line of commercial sites bordering a
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To remedy some of these prob
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City Planner Al Mayo said it should
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soon to discuss solutions to problems
raised at Wednesday’s session.
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