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County weighs crack filling and seal-coat bids for courthouse parking lot as part of maintenance planning
Summary
Officials discussed a roughly $15,000 bid to crack-fill the courthouse parking lot, confusion over bidding units, and whether crack filling or seal coating is the better near-term choice; staff will review past maintenance spending before proceeding.
Humboldt County supervisors discussed a contractor quote to crack-fill and possibly seal-coat the courthouse parking lot and asked staff to compile recent maintenance spending before making a decision.
The board reviewed a quote from Blacktop Service to perform crack filling on the courthouse lot. Ben Lutz said the figure was "15,000 and change" but noted the bid listed units in an unexpected way: "She bid in square feet. ... I thought that maybe they did it by poundage. ... I gotta see the quote again."
Staff reported a crack-length estimate of about 4,434 linear feet and a quoted price of roughly $3.50 per foot in early discussion. "They're looking at 3 and a half bucks a foot," Lutz said. Board members and staff discussed whether crack filling would extend pavement life and compared it to seal coating. A staffer said crack filling can be expected to extend life for several years on paved roads with typical traffic; one comment in the meeting said crack filling is viewed as a "7 year fix" for higher-traffic pavements and that the courthouse lot could get about 10 years.
The board asked staff to gather five years of maintenance spending on the building and parking lot to determine whether the $15,000 bid could be funded this year or deferred, and to check whether the contractor intended units as square feet or linear feet. Staff said they would also check chip-seal (seal coat) pricing and timing so work could be scheduled with minimal disruption: "Would they do it, like, late Friday afternoon?" a supervisor asked, and staff said scheduling requests can be made.
Why it matters: the parking lot serves courthouse staff and visitors; replacing or sealing pavement affects safety, accessibility and future maintenance budgets.
Next steps: staff to confirm bid units, get chip-seal estimates, and report recent maintenance spending to the board for a funding decision at a future meeting. No formal vote or contract award was made at the session.
