Miscellaneous Information
Gary Centonze
Master Plumber
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March 26, 2000
Mr. Steve Piazza
Director of Engineering
Monroe County
500 Whitehead Street
Key West, FL 33040
CERTIFIED MAIL: Z 120 657 197
. SALES
. SERVICE
. INSTALLATION
. REPAIR
Dear Steve:
March 14,2000 I wrote you concerning Monroe County's GATO CIGAR FACTORY
project. In that letter I asked several questions concerning the project, the General Contractors
involved and the county's intentions for the future of the project. As of this date I have heard
nothing. At this point our position is that we have a valid contract to complete a portion of the
project for the sum of ONE HUNDRED, SEVENTY -SEVEN THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED,
FIVE DOLLARS ($177,105.00). Having had no response from Monroe County to the contrary
we have proceeded to fulfill our obligation.
This past week one of our own subcontractors was told by D.L. Porter Constructors, Inc.
to move our construction trailer off the GATO CIGAR FACTORY project site. Gary's
Plumbing, Inc. paid to have the trailer placed at the job site and has not been notified by Monroe
County or its duly authorized agent to move said trailer. It is our understanding that D.L. Porter
Constructors, Inc. was the general contractor on only a portion of the project, and we have not
received anything to the contrary.
Gary's Plumbing, Inc. signed a contract to perform based on good faith. We did not bid
other jobs in order to allocate resources to the perfonnance of our GATO CIGAR FACTORY
contract. We now find ourselves in limbo. One contractor, Lodge Construction, Inc. says they
are no longer associated with the project and the other, D.L. Porter Constructors, Inc. is issuing
orders like they own the site.
Since we have not been able to get Monroe County to clearly state its position and
intentions we may be forced to seek cIari:fication from a "JURY." We would prefer reaching an
agreement with Monroe County, proceeding with the project and fulfilling our contract. Your
immediate attention and response would be appreciated.
Yours truly,
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Amos S. Lane, Sr.
Operations Manager
CC: Mr. James Hendricks. Monroe County Attorney
Mr. Danny Kolhage. Monroe County Court Clerk
Mr. William Spottswood
FILE: GATO Letter-3
Phone 1-305-296-6013
Fax 1-305-292-4978
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