$500K road emulsion 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 with C.R. Contracting LLC, which does business as C.R. Contracting, with a one-year contract with the option to renew up to five years with a maximum contract value of $500,000.
A business will be paid $1,725 a ton up to $500,000 for the supply, delivery and application of asphalt emulsion for chip-sealing maintenance of city of Apache Junction roads.
The Apache Junction City Council on Feb. 17 voted unanimously to approve a consent agenda that included awarding a bid with C.R. Contracting LLC, which does business as C.R. Contracting, with a one-year contract with the option to renew up to five years with a maximum contract value of $500,000.
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.
A bid opening was held Dec. 10. The bid proposals were reviewed for responsibility and responsiveness, proven technical ability/merit, financial viability and pricing, Public Works Superintendent Andy Amado said in a written memo to the council.
Bids were:
C.R. Contracting, $1,725 a ton
Cholla Pavement, $1,800 a ton
“Resulting one year contract after renewals could attain a maximum value of $500,000 over the five-year term. The city performs on average of $200,000 worth of chip seal maintenance a year,” Amado said in the memo.
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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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