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Tooele County approves road contracts, microsurface work and adds ADA ramp to landscaping contract
Summary
The county council awarded an AP4 asphalt contract (Anderson Asphalt), a three-year striping contract to the low bidder Clearline ($45,641/year), a microsurface/crack-seal contract to Asphalt Preservation LLC, approved a landscaping contract that adds a $44,000 ADA ramp through a budget line-item shift, and authorized a $23,000 sole-source contract with SEP Architects for jail demolition project management.
At its March 24 meeting the Tooele County Council approved multiple procurement items presented by Jed Bell (roads director) and Britney Lopez (assistant county manager).
Road and pavement contracts: Bell recommended awarding the AP4 asphalt product contract to Anderson Asphalt, which holds the state contract for the product; the bid matched the state contract and came within the county's estimate. The council approved the award (motion from Councilman Wardle; second from Councilman Hoffman, per the meeting record). The transcript does not record the final dollar amount for the AP4 award.
Striping contract: Bell said the county bids to refresh one-third of unincorporated-area striping each year and received four bids; Clearline was the low bidder and the contract was presented as a three-year arrangement with optional extensions. Bell stated the contract amount would be about $45,641 per year for the portion of striping being performed. The council approved the striping contract.
Microsurface and crack-seal: Bell presented an RFB for microsurface and crack-seal work in Saddleback and South Rim Phase 3 and said Asphalt Preservation LLC was the low bidder. The county had budgeted $168,007.16 for pavement preservation; the precise low-bid dollar amount was not clearly recorded in the transcript (the figure read aloud was garbled), so the transcript records the low bidder but not a reliable bid total. The council adopted the contract award to Asphalt Preservation LLC.
Landscaping and ADA ramp: Britney Lopez explained that the landscaping contract for the front of the county building unintentionally omitted an ADA ramp during budget planning. Bids for the landscaping project ranged from $444,000 to $688,000 and the county had budgeted $400,000. Lopez asked to shift funds within budget lines so the contract could include an ADA ramp; she said the ADA addition would require roughly $44,000 more and described the change as a line-item adjustment (no net increase to the county’s total budget). Councilman Wardle moved to adopt the contract adjustment; the council took a roll call and the measure was adopted.
Sole-source architect for jail demolition: Lopez also sought a sole-source approval to hire SEP Architects to help manage the jail demolition project and align the county's timeline with the state's Sally Port work. SEP quoted $23,000 for project management services, and the council approved the sole-source authorization.
Votes and next steps: The meeting record shows formal motions and seconds and voice or roll-call approvals for the listed contracts and sole-source authorization. The transcript provides partial roll-call responses for the ADA-related item (Councilman Hoffman and Councilman Hamner are recorded as voting aye in the roll call), but a full named tally for each contract was not included in the public portion of the transcript.
Budget and transparency notes: Lopez said the landscaping ADA cost would be covered via internal line-item adjustments and that a future agenda will show the re-appropriation. Bell noted the striping contract came in below the county's original $85,000 annual estimate, and the pavement-preservation budget figure was discussed for context.
