Hot-mix asphalt surface products and in-place overlays (½" and ⅜" Superpave)
2024 Road Materials Court Order, prices effective May 1, 2024. Unit prices as awarded, e.g. ½" Superpave surface $163.90/ton. Source: Garland County — 2024 Road Materials Court Order (CC-24-39).
Hot-mix asphalt for patching and cold milling of roadway
2024 Road Materials Court Order. e.g. ½" Superpave (PG64-22) $104.00/ton; cold milling $16,500/day. Source: Garland County — 2024 Road Materials Court Order (CC-24-39).
Gravel aggregates, equipment, and labor (as needed)
2024 Road Materials Court Order. Per-ton and per-hour rates. Source: Garland County — 2024 Road Materials Court Order (CC-24-39).
Gravel aggregates, equipment, and labor (as needed)
2024 Road Materials Court Order. e.g. 1" clean gravel $14.00/ton. Source: Garland County — 2024 Road Materials Court Order (CC-24-39).
Gravel aggregates, equipment, and labor (as needed)
2024 Road Materials Court Order. e.g. CAT 312 trackhoe $145.00/hour. Source: Garland County — 2024 Road Materials Court Order (CC-24-39).
Concrete pipe 12"–72" and plastic pipe 12"–42", delivered
2024 Road Materials Court Order. Per-linear-foot pricing. Source: Garland County — 2024 Road Materials Court Order (CC-24-39).
Plastic pipe 48"–60", delivered
2024 Road Materials Court Order. Per-linear-foot pricing. Source: Garland County — 2024 Road Materials Court Order (CC-24-39).
Plastic pipe (awarded low on limited sizes)
2024 Road Materials Court Order. Source: Garland County — 2024 Road Materials Court Order (CC-24-39).
Prime contractor, King Expressway / Hot Springs Bypass extension (the highway the county's 2016 bond pledged $30M toward)
Work began March 2020; contract let by ARDOT. This was an ARDOT (state) contract, not a county-let one; the county's role was the $30M bond pledge under R-16-05. Reported at ~$78.5M. Source: Construction Equipment Guide — McGeorge, King Expressway extension.
Residential curbside hauler for the county House-to-House program (20,000+ carts, unincorporated area)
Seven-year contract; expires 2027. Rate reported at $9.45/cart, CPI-escalated. The executed contract's current annual dollar value is not public — a records request. Source: Sentinel-Record — county solid-waste hauler & fund (Mar 27, 2026).
Final disposal of the region's household (Class 1) waste at its Saline County landfill (Bauxite)
Seven-year disposal agreement, 2026. $19.25/ton rising to $25.25/ton on Oct 1, 2026; Republic was the lone bidder. Source: hotsr.com — regional disposal $/ton increase (Jun 8, 2026).
Original 2018 regional household-waste disposal agreement (since absorbed into Republic Services)
2018 agreement. Source: hotsr.com — household waste routed to Saline County (Sep 30, 2019).
Historical destination for the area's degradable waste (Two Pines Landfill, North Little Rock)
Before the Saline County routing. Historical; whether any tonnage still flows here is a records request. Source: hotsr.com — household waste routed to Saline County (Sep 30, 2019).
Landfill construction — phase-one closure plus opening the new cell at the county Class 4 landfill
Low bid ~$1.5M; awarded 2025 by County Judge Mahoney. Finalized via a $3,100 line-item transfer approved by the Quorum Court finance committee. Source: hotsr.com — county landfill closure/cell contract (Jun 4, 2025).
Engineer of record / landfill design for the Class 4 Landfill (Phase II, Cell 3)
Per ADEQ permit correspondence. Certifying professional engineer: John Rogers. Source: ADEQ — Garland County Class 4 Landfill permit files (Cedar Glades).
| Budget line (2026) | Appropriated | Who receives it |
|---|---|---|
| Road & Bridge Improvement (one unrestricted "Supplies" line) | $16,000,000 | ✖ payees unnamed |
These are appropriations — the authorization to spend. The names live in bid records and the check register.
· Garland County road-material and construction awards are made by the County Court (the County Judge) under Act 52 of 1965 and published as annual "Road Materials Court Orders" — the county posts 2017–2024 on its Road Department page. The 2024 order (CC-24-39) is the source for the paving, gravel, and pipe vendors above.
· The $16,000,000 Road & Bridge Improvement Fund is booked in the 2026 ordinance as a single unrestricted "Supplies" line — no project, road, or contractor named. Who is paid from it lives in the county check register and the county court orders that spend it, not in the budget.
· Solid-waste hauling and disposal are contracted by the county and the regional district (SWCRSWMD, chaired by the Hot Springs city manager, with the county judge as secretary); the executed contracts and bid tabulations name the firms and the dollar values.
· Several "Pave it Forward" project bids (Thornton Ferry Rd, Amity/Albright, Pearcy Rd Bridge, Tigre Mountain, Ault Loop) are marked "Awarded" on the county bid portal but posted without a winning firm or amount — the bid tabulation and notice of award for each would complete them.
Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq.), these are public records and any Arkansas citizen may request them. Custodian: Garland County Clerk (Sarah Smith); the County Road Department (Superintendent Tony Breshears) for road records; the Department of Environmental Services (Director Billy Sawyer) for solid-waste records.
Garland County Clerk / Road Department / Dept. of Environmental Services Hot Springs, Arkansas Re: Arkansas FOIA request (Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq.) Dear Custodian: Under the Arkansas FOIA, I request copies of the following public records: 1. The county check register / disbursement ledger for the Road & Bridge Improvement Fund (2800.0200) for calendar year 2026 to date — every payee and amount. 2. The bid tabulations and notices of award for these county road projects: Thornton Ferry Road; Amity Road / Albright Road intersection; Pearcy Road Bridge repair; Tigre Mountain Road; and Ault Loop. 3. The executed residential solid-waste hauling contract (Town and Country Sanitation Inc.) and its current annual dollar value, plus the award result of the 2026 residential-hauler RFP (bids opened April 2, 2026). 4. Any engineering or project-management services contract for the county road & bridge improvement program. I would prefer electronic copies. If any record is withheld, please cite the specific exemption. Thank you. [Your name / contact]
When the responsive records arrive, they go in the corpus like everything else — cited, hashed, and navigable. The open requests are tracked on the docket.