Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Public Works Purchasing topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Board authorizes 2025 chip-seal material contracts after correcting oil contract total
Summary
The Board approved two public‑works material contracts for 2025 road resurfacing — a $426,800 awarded to Granite Construction for chips and an $845,804.07 purchase order to Western Emulsions for emulsion oil after rescinding an earlier lower-amount authorization to correct the total.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors authorized two purchase orders related to the county’s 2025 chip-seal road resurfacing program on July 15, approving a contract for rock materials and correcting and reauthorizing the emulsion oil purchase order.
Public Works Interim Director Lars Ewing told the board the county planned resurfacing preparations for about 36 miles in the Lower Lake and Kelseyville areas and had run two separate proposals: one for rock (chips) and another for emulsion oil and application. The department recommended Granite Construction for rock delivery and Western Emulsions, Inc. for emulsion oil and application.
The board first authorized a purchase order to Granite Construction not to exceed $426,800 for 2025 chip-seal rock materials (motion and vote recorded). The board then authorized a purchase order for emulsion materials; during the meeting staff identified an accounting error in the agenda packet. The initial authorization had the oil not-to-exceed amount shown as $788,629, but the attached purchase-order subtotal plus tax totaled $845,804.07. The board rescinded the prior motion that had authorized the lower number, then took public comment and voted to authorize the corrected purchase order to Western Emulsions, Inc. not to exceed $845,804.07.
Ewing described the process as a proposal evaluation that weighed price, responsiveness and hauling logistics, and said the county’s road crew would act as prime contractor while the oil application contractor would supply and apply the emulsion. Supervisors praised the road crew’s recent resurfacing work in Lower Lake; board members asked a few follow-up questions about chip spreader equipment and closer tracking of pricing.
Ending: The two awards move forward with the corrected oil contract total; staff said they would follow up with details on chip-spreader status and provide purchase orders for execution.
