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Boone County awards two road-resurfacing contracts to Rock Road Companies totaling about $3.3 million
Summary
The Committee approved two low-bid road-resurfacing contracts to Rock Road Companies — $1,422,841.83 and $1,901,110.78 — covering northern-county work and a separate bundled package; one board member abstained on at least one vote because of business ties.
Boone County’s Committee of the Whole approved two road-resurfacing contracts on May 1 to Rock Road Companies as the low bidder: $1,422,841.83 for a northern-county resurfacing package and $1,901,110.78 for a second package that includes Garden Prairie Road. The board discussed competition among asphalt suppliers and tested two experimental pavement features on the second contract.
Justin (Highway Department staff) explained that the first contract bundles projects north of Belvidere — including Manchester, Leroy and Poplar Grove townships and the Village of Caledonia — and that Belvidere Township represents roughly half the contract value. The motion to award that contract passed after board discussion; Carl Johnson said he would abstain from the vote because his firm’s Wisconsin branches work with Rock Road.
The second contract includes work on Garden Prairie Road north to a county line and includes portions in Bonus, Spring and Flora townships. Justin recommended approving options A and B for a trial of asphalt fiber within the pavement (about $52,000 for the fiber option) and a partial longitudinal joint seal test (about $13,000). He said Rock Road was the low bidder and that separating some projects had been intended to encourage other bidders such as Peter Baker; he described local plant consolidation as a factor in bid pricing.
Board members asked whether other providers could be encouraged to bid and discussed efforts to keep projects financially competitive, including bundling projects and paying promptly. Votes passed; the record shows at least one abstention by Carl Johnson on a paving contract vote because of an identified business relationship. The board approved the contracts by voice vote with the stated abstention(s).
Ending: Contracts were approved and staff will proceed with awarding the work and testing the fiber and joint-seal options; staff said it will continue outreach to potential bidders and monitor asphalt supply and pricing.
