Tehama Asphalt agreement

The Tehama Asphalt representative explained he has ~$10,000 of his own money into permits and engineering, that extraction costs roughly $150,000 in year one, and that a one-year deal would not be profitable for him.

An attorney for Thomes Creek Rock argued the five-year no-bid agreement exceeds the narrow emergency exception in Public Contract Code 22050 and asked the Board not to approve it.

The owner of Thomes Creek Rock said the gravel is worth about $3.8 million at his yard prices versus ~$300,000 in extraction costs, said no one contacted him for bidding, and called the deal a 'sweetheart deal.'