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Supervisors approve piggyback oil purchase for chip seal, solicit paving bids and award fairgrounds field contract
Summary
The board approved purchasing oil emulsions under a Pinal County contract for the 2026 chip‑seal program, authorized soliciting bids for two ADOT turnouts, and awarded the Duncan fairgrounds field contract to Peterson after excusing a late submission; contract amounts were not fully specified in the record.
Three procurement items moved through the Board of Supervisors during the meeting.
1) Oil emulsions for chip seal: Public Works Roads Manager David Manus recommended piggybacking Pinal County’s competitive contract with Western Emulsions to purchase oil emulsions for the county’s 2026 chip seal project. Manus said the Pinal contract price was substantially lower than other current quotes and that suppliers will hold contract prices for a period; the board approved the purchase under the existing Pinal County contract.
2) Solicit bids for ADOT turnouts: County Engineer Richard Larson asked the board to authorize soliciting bids, proposals or quotes for asphalt concrete paving of two ADOT right‑of‑way turnouts (one on SR‑75 into the fairgrounds and one on SR‑78 into the public works site) so a contractor can be listed on permit applications. The board approved moving forward to solicit proposals.
3) Duncan fairgrounds fields: Parks Manager Tony Hines said the advertised bid returned no sealed responses; staff had one late/unsealed submittal from Peterson Landscaping/Construction. The board discussed excusing the late filing, noted prior work by Peterson on an earlier field, excused the tardy submission and voted to award the contract to Peterson. The transcript record includes uncertain/garbled dollar figures for the award; the final contract amount is not clearly stated in the minutes and should be confirmed with county procurement records.
All three measures were approved by voice vote. The oil purchase and paving‑solicit actions were framed as ways to save county costs and to prepare permits; the fairgrounds award carries project timing tied to field seeding and installation this spring.
