Council awards asphalt maintenance price agreement to Anderson Asphalt amid questions about patching and bid competition

The Forney City Council voted May 5 to award an annual price agreement for asphalt maintenance and materials to Anderson Asphalt and Concrete Paving LLC after a staff presentation and council questions about repair standards, bidding and the city's pavement-priority process.

A staff presenter explained the city uses a Pavement Condition Index to rank roads and that the combined asphalt-and-concrete street-maintenance line has "varied from about 1,000,000 to 1,500,000" over recent years. Council members pressed staff on who completed a visibly poor repair on Lovers Lane; staff said the rough March 2024 patch was done in-house, not by Anderson, and that Anderson typically handles larger, full-depth projects. "They do much better. They do some top notch work for us," the staff presenter said when asked about Anderson's performance. Staff also said asphalt plant outages and prioritization for TxDOT Highway 80 caused delays in obtaining material.

Councilors asked about warranty and procurement: staff said typical warranties on similar contracts run two years and that Anderson has been on city contracts for five years; staff explained that asphalt contractors often decline smaller patch-only bids in favor of larger projects, which can limit competition. After the presentation and questions, the council approved the price agreement by show of hands.

The council did not specify project-by-project schedules in the meeting; staff said long-term reconstruction (including possible full-depth repairs or concrete replacements) is intended as part of a future bond package that could start later in the year.