$1.5M pre-coated chips contract approved for city of Apache Junction
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The Apache Junction City Council on Feb. 17 voted unanimously to approve a consent agenda that included awarding a bid to Cholla Pavement Maintenance Inc. for a one-year contract with the option to renew for up to five years with a maximum contract value of $1.5 million.
A business is to be paid $124 a ton up to a maximum of $1.5 million to supply and deliver pre-coated chips to the city of Apache Junction for chip-sealing maintenance of roads.
Chip seal is a preventive maintenance surface treatment with a single application of asphalt emulsion followed by a cover aggregate applied by a chip spreader. The surface is then rolled to seat the aggregate, according to Pinal County Public Works at https://www.pinal.gov/1392/Pavement-Preservation.
The Apache Junction City Council on Feb. 17 voted unanimously to approve a consent agenda that included awarding a bid to Cholla Pavement Maintenance Inc. for a one-year contract with the option to renew for up to five years with a maximum contract value of $1.5 million.
The contract term began Feb. 17, 2026, and ends Dec. 31, 2031, according to the the agreement signed by Judy Briggs, president of Cholla Pavement Maintenance Inc.
The contractor is to deliver the chips to the Apache Junction Rodeo Grounds, 1590 E. Lost Dutchman Blvd., or the Apache Junction Public Works yard, 575 E. Baseline Ave., the contractor’s cost proposal states.
Cholla Pavement was the only business to bid on the contract, Public Works Superintendent Andy Amado wrote in a memo to council.
The bid proposal was reviewed for responsibility and responsiveness, proven technical ability/merit, financial viability and pricing, he said.
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Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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