Casey Awards $48,499 Motor Fuel Tax Bid to Lawrence Gravel

Casey City Council Meeting | June 15, 2026

Article Summary: The Casey City Council approved Resolution #061526A awarding the city’s 2026 Motor Fuel Tax maintenance contract to low bidder Lawrence Gravel, Inc. at $48,498.75, enough oil-and-chip material to resurface roughly five blocks of city streets.

Casey MFT Bid Key Points:

• Lawrence Gravel, Inc. bid $32,760 for 6,300 gallons of HFRS-2P at $5.20 per gallon and $15,738.75 for 225 tons of CA-16 crushed stone at $69.95 per ton.
• Sealed bids were opened May 27; Director of Public Works Ryan Staley called the low bid acceptable and recommended award.
• Staley estimated the funding covers about five blocks of oil-and-chip work; specific streets have not been finalized.
• The resolution passed 4-0 with two aldermen absent.

CASEY — The Casey City Council on Monday, June 15, 2026, awarded its annual Motor Fuel Tax street maintenance contract to Lawrence Gravel, Inc., approving a low bid of $48,498.75 for this year’s oil-and-chip program.

Alderman Lori Wilson moved approval of Resolution #061526A, seconded by Alderman Marcy Mumford. The vote was 4-0, with Aldermen Tanner Brown, Mumford, Carlene Richardson and Wilson voting yes and Aldermen Jeremiah Hanley and Steve Jenkins absent.

According to the resolution, sealed bids for the 2026 MFT Maintenance Program were opened at 10:30 a.m. May 27. Lawrence Gravel’s bid included 6,300 gallons of HFRS-2P asphalt emulsion at $5.20 per gallon, totaling $32,760, and 225 tons of CA-16 crushed stone at $69.95 per ton, totaling $15,738.75.

Director of Public Works Ryan Staley recommended the council accept the bid, noting the company handles the work for the city every year. “They seem to do a pretty good job,” Staley said.

Asked which streets will be resurfaced, Staley said he and another official drove around and highlighted candidates but nothing is finalized, and he invited aldermen to bring him streets they want considered. Asked how far the money stretches, Staley estimated roughly five blocks of work.

Mayor Mike Nichols acknowledged the program’s funding constraint. “I knew we were kind of handicapped a bit on our lower fuel tax with our gas prices in town, but every little bit helps,” he said, adding that the contractor has “done an excellent job for us in the past.”

Motor Fuel Tax funds are the city’s state-distributed share of fuel tax revenue, restricted to road maintenance and construction, and the oil-and-chip program is Casey’s primary annual street resurfacing effort.