ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CITY OF MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA

2019 TRAFFIC SIGNAL

IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

CITY PROJECT 4429

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the City of Minot (Owner) is request-

ing Bids for the construction of the

following Project: 2019 Traffic Signal

Improvement Project. Bids for the

construction of the Project will be re-

ceived at the office of the City Clerk

located at 515 Second Avenue SW

(Second Floor), Minot, North Dakota

58701, until Tuesday, January 14,

2020 at 11:00 AM local time. At that

time the Bids received will be public-

ly opened and read. The Project in-

cludes the following Work: Install 10

Traffic Signal Standards, Install 10

Traffic Signal Cabinets, Repaint 2

Traffic Signal Standards, Use of 2

Portable Traffic Signal Systems, and

all associated other Work. Complete

digital project bidding documents are

available at www.questcdn.com.

You may download the digital plan

documents for $40 by inputting eBid-

Doc #6618667 on the website’s Pro-

ject Search page. Please contact

QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or

info@questcdn.com for assistance

in free membership registration,

downloading, and working with this

digital project information. Project

bidding documents are also avail-

able at the Issuing Office – City of

Minot Engineering Department 1025

31st St SE and are available for pur-

chase for $75. Potential bidders may

contact the City Traffic Engineer at

701-857-4100 with any questions.

Each bid must be accompanied by a

separate envelope containing the

bid security in a sum equal to five

percent of the full amount of the bid

and must be in the form of a bidder’s

bond. A bidder’s bond must be exe-

cuted by the bidder as principal and

by a surety, conditioned that if the

principal’s bid is accepted and the

contract awarded to the principal,

the principal, within ten days after

notice of the award, shall execute a

contract in accordance with the

terms of the bid and the bid bond,

and any condition of the City of

Minot, as required by law. A coun-

tersignature of a bid bond is not re-

quired. If the City of Minot elects to

award a contract to the lowest

responsible bidder, and the lowest

responsible bidder does not execute

a contract within the ten days al-

lowed, the bidder’s bond must be

forfeited to the City of Minot and the

project awarded to the next lowest

responsible bidder. Each bidder

must possess a valid North Dakota

contractor’s license for the full

amount of their bid, as required by

Section 43-07-07 of the North Dako-

ta Century Code. Each bidder MUST

enclose a copy of their Contractor’s

License or Certificate of Renewal, is-

sued by the North Dakota Secretary

of State, in their bid bond envelope,

and each license must be valid and

dated at least 10 days prior to the

date set for bid opening, as required

under Section 43-07-12 of the North

Dakota Century Code. No bid may

be read or considered if it does not

fully comply with the requirements of

Section 48-01.2-05 of the North

Dakota Century Code, and any defi-

cient bid submitted will be resealed

and returned to the bidder immedi-

ately. All Bids submitted and all

Work completed must be as stipulat-

ed in the Agreement. The City of

Minot reserves the right to hold all

Bids for a period of 30 days after the

date of the bid opening, to reject any

or all Bids, and to waive any infor-

mality or irregularity in any Bid. For

all further requirements regarding

bid submittal, qualifications, pro-

cedures, and contract award, refer to

the Instructions to Bidders that are

included in the Bidding Documents.

By order of the City Council of the

City of Minot, North Dakota.

Owner: City of Minot

By: Kelly Matalka

Title: City Clerk

Date: December 13, 2019

(December 13-20-27, 2019)

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

FOR THE CITY OF MINOT 2019

BANK REPAIRS & OUTFALL PIPE

REHABILITATION PROJECT

MINOT SWIF ACTION E

CITY OF MINOT, WARD COUNTY,

NORTH DAKOTA

CITY OF MINOT PROJECT

3135.2E

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the City of Minot, North Dakota, in-

vites and will receive sealed propo-

sals (bids) up to the hour of 11.00

a.m., local time, on January 21,

2020, for the furnishing to the City of

Minot of all transportation, labor, ma-

terials, tools, equipment, services,

permits, utilities, and other items

necessary for said work, in accor-

dance with the drawings and con-

tract documents on file in the office

of the City Clerk, Minot, North Dako-

ta. At said time, said proposals will

be publicly opened and read aloud

at Council Chambers at City Hall of

the City of Minot, North Dakota lo-

cated at 515 2nd Ave SW, Minot,

ND 58701. Bids shall conform to and

be responsive to the Contract Docu-

ments for the work. The Contract

Documents will be available after

December 20, 2019 at the following

locations:

Houston Engineering, Inc.

18 3rd Street SE, Suite 100

Minot, ND 58701-3700

Telephone (701) 852-7931

Fax (701) 858-5655

Houston Engineering, Inc.

1401 21st Avenue North

Fargo, ND 58102

Telephone (701) 237-5065

Fax (701) 237-5101

City of Minot Public Works

1025 31st St. SE

Minot, ND 58701

Telephone (701) 857-4140

Major items for City of Minot Project

3135.2E include, but are not limited

to:

¯Mobilization

7,000 CY – Excavation

¯16,000 TON -Granular Riprap

Bedding

¯16,000 TON – NDDOT Grade I

Riprap

¯1 LS – Concrete Outfall Structure

w/ Flap Gate and Stop Logs (60″

RCP)

¯400 LF – Remove Storm Sewer

(60″ RCP)

¯360 LF 60″ RCP Storm Sewer

¯450 SY – Concrete

Pavement/Sidewalk

¯EA – Salvage and Reinstall Hy-

drant w/ 6″ Gate Valve

¯19,500 SY – Seed and Hydromulch

Erosion Control

Copies of plans and specifications

may be obtained following receipt of

payment of $100.00 per set,

non-refundable, or a CD may be ob-

tained with the documents in elec-

tronic (pdf) format following receipt

of payment of $25 per set, nonre-

fundable, from the following:

Houston Engineering, Inc.

18 3rd Street SE Suite 100

Minot, ND 58701-3700

Complete digital project bidding do-

cuments, the Advertisement for

Bids, Planholders List, Addenda,

and Bid Results will be available for

download for $25 from the Bid Info

page at www.houstoneng.com or at

www.questcdn.com (search eBid-

Doc# 6622585). Each bid shall be

submitted on a form furnished as

part of the contract documents and

must be accompanied by a separate

envelope containing a Bidder’s Bond

with Acknowledgement of Surety in

an amount not less than 5% of the

full amount of the bid made payable

to the order of or for the benefit of

the City of Minot, North Dakota. The

bid bond shall be executed by the

bidder as principal and by a surety

company authorized to do business

in the State of North Dakota, condi-

tioned that if the principal’s Bid be

accepted and the contract awarded

to the principal, within ten (10) days

after Notice of Award, the Principal

shall execute a contract in accor-

dance with the terms of the bid and

contractor’s performance and pay-

ment bonds as required by law and

the regulations and determinations

of the City of Minot. A bid submitted

without this information properly en-

closed in the bid bond envelope

shall not be read nor considered and

the envelope shall be resealed and

bid returned to the bidder immedi-

ately. Each bid shall be sealed and

delivered to the City of Minot at the

location designated in this notice for

the opening of proposals at or before

the time in this notice provided. All

Bidders shall hold a valid North

Dakota Contractor’s license of the

proper class and shall enclose a

copy of the license or Certificate of

Renewal of the license in the same

envelope as the Bidder’s Bond.

Bidders shall submit proof of qualifi-

cations to perform the Work as

described in the Instructions to

Bidders. Substantial Completion for

all Work shall be September 4,

2020. Final completion shall be Oc-

tober 2, 2020. The City of Minot will

award the contract to the lowest

responsive and responsible

Bidder(s). The City of Minot

reserves the right to reject any and

all bids, and to waive any and all ir-

regularities in any bid. BY THE

ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL

OF THE CITY OF MINOT, NORTH

DAKOTA.

Kelly Matalka, City Clerk

(December 20-27, 2019; January 3,

2020)

NOTICE OF SALE

United States v. David A. Thompson

and Gina L. Thompson, a/k/a Gina

L. Derreberry, Case No.

1:19-cv-083. Notice is hereby given

that by virtue of a Judgment entered

and given in the United States Dis-

trict Court for the District of

North Dakota, on October 17, 2019,

in favor of the United States of

America, as plaintiff, and against

DAVID A. THOMPSON and GINA L.

THOMPSON, a/k/a GINA L. DER-

REBERRY, as defendants, it has

been adjudged that there is due and

owing to plaintiff by defendant DA-

VID A. THOMPSON and GINA L.

THOMPSON, a/k/a GINA L. DER-

REBERRY, principal in the sum of

$165,926.57 and interest through

July 3, 2019, of $18,014.06, with in-

terest accruing thereafter until the

date of judgment at the rate of 2.563

percent per annum, together with

costs and disbursements of this ac-

tion in the sum of $466.45 making a

total of $184,407.08, with interest

accruing after entry of judgment at

the legal rate until paid in full. The

United States Marshal received a

copy of the Judgment, duly certified

by the Clerk of said Court, which

directs the United States Marshal to

sell the mortgaged property

described in the Judgment at public

auction to the highest and best

bidder for cash on the date of the

sale and all the right, title and in-

terest of the defendants in the pro-

perty described in the aforemen-

tioned Judgment (and as described

below) subject to all outstanding

liens and mortgages, assignments

on record, known and unknown.

The purchaser of the property may

be liable for outstanding mortgages,

liens and assignments. The plaintiff

has a paramount and subsisting lien

on the following described real

estate situated in the County of

Ward, State of North Dakota, which

will be sold by the United States

Marshal:

Lot 9, Block 7, Eastwood Park Ad-

dition to the City of Minot, Ward

County, North Dakota.

The sale will be held on January 15,

2020, at the front door of the Ward

County Courthouse, Minot, North

Dakota at 10:00 A.M. (Central

Time). Any individual who is in-

terested in obtaining the amount that

will be bid at the sale by United

States Small Business Administra-

tion should contact Stacey Dawes at

(303) 844-0529. Personal checks

will not be accepted. Payment must

be in the form of a cashier’s check

or money order available within two

hours after the sale. In the event

that the United States is compelled

to reschedule the sale because the

highest bidder cannot pay the bid

price in the manner and time re-

quired, said bidder will be liable for

the costs of resale.

Dated: December 9, 2019.

Dallas Carlson, United States

Marshal for the District of

North Dakota.

(December 13-20-27, 2019; January

3, 2020)

N O T I C E T O B I D D E R S

The City Clerk of the City of Minot

will receive sealed bids at her office

at City Hall until 11:00 a.m. on Tues-

day, January 7, 2020 for furnishing

the City of Minot the following:

One (1) Skid Steer Loader

Project #4487

Specifications and general instruc-

tions to bidders are available in the

Public Works Office at 1025 31st St.

SE, on the City of Minot webpage

www.minotnd.org under City Clerk

department, or by calling

701-857-4140. The bid envelope

shall be plainly marked:

“Bid for One (1) Skid Steer

Loader” Project #4487

The City Council of the City of Minot

reserves the right to reject any or all

bids and to award the contract as it

deems to be in the best interest of

the City of Minot. Each bid must be

accompanied by a bidder’s bond, a

certified check, or a cashier’s check

in the amount of five percent (5%) of

the bid and must be in a separate

envelope marked “bid bond” and at-

tached to the outside of the bid.

Bidders are invited to be present at

the City Clerk office, 515 2nd Ave.

SW for the opening of bids.

Kelly Matalka

City Clerk

(December 20-27, 2019)

N O T I C E T O B I D D E R S

The City Clerk of the City of Minot

will receive sealed bids at her office

at City Hall until 11:00 a.m. on

Thursday, January 7, 2020, for fur-

nishing the City of Minot the follow-

ing:

“Nine (9) 4 x 4 Pickups”

Project # 4483

Specifications and general instruc-

tions to bidders are available in the

Public Works Office at 1025 31st St.

SE, on the City of Minot webpage

www.minotnd.org under City Clerk

department, or by calling

701-857-4140. The bid envelope

shall be plainly marked:

“Bid for City Vehicles”

Project # 4483

The City Council of the City of Minot

reserves the right to reject any or all

bids and to award the contract as it

deems to be in the best interest of

the City of Minot. Bidders are invited

to be present at the City Clerk office,

515 2nd Ave. SW for the opening of

bids.

Kelly Matalka

City Clerk

(December 20-27, 2019)

SUMMONS

FILE NO. 51-2017-JV-00118

FILE NO. 51-2019-JV-00152

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

COUNTY OF WARD, IN JUVENILE

COURT, NORTH CENTRAL

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

IN THE INTEREST OF Z.H.,

MINOR CHILD

State of North Dakota,

Petitioner,

vs.

Z.H., child,

Brenna Jones, mother,

Quentin Hendry, father,

Respondents.

THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED

RESPONDENTS, BRENNA

JONES, MOTHER AND QUENTIN

HENDRY, FATHER. You are hereby

summoned and required to appear

personally before the Juvenile Court,

at its Chambers, Ward County

Courthouse in the City of Minot, in

Ward County and State of North

Dakota, on the 10th day of January,

2020, at 9:00 o’clock a.m. or as

soon thereafter as the parties can be

heard, for the purpose of a Petition

Hearing and Review Hearing. If you

fail to appear personally before the

Court at said time and place, or to

show good cause why you cannot

do so, the Court will make such Ord-

er as may be appropriate and you

may be proceeded against for civil

contempt. A copy of said Summons,

Petition and Order and Notice of Re-

view Hearing can be obtained at the

Ward County Juvenile Supervisor’s

office in the Ward County Court-

house in Minot, North Dakota.

RIGHT TO COUNSEL

While you are not required to have

the assistance of legal counsel in

this proceeding, you are entitled to

such assistance if you so desire. In

accordance with Section 27-20-26,

NDCC, a child subject to proceed-

ings under Chapter 27-20, the Uni-

form Juvenile Court Act, is eligible

for court-appointed counsel if the

child is determined to be needy. A

needy child is one who is unable,

without undue financial hardship, to

provide full payment of legal counsel

and all other necessary expenses

for representation However, a child

is not considered needy if the child’s

parent or parents can, without undue

financial hardship, provide full pay-

ment for legal counsel and other ex-

penses of representation. You, as a

parent or parents of the child subject

to proceedings identified in the at-

tached Summons, are hereby given

notice of the potential obligation to

pay attorney’s fee, at the attorneys

usual hourly rate if, after the appoint-

ment of counsel by the court, it is

determined that your child is non eli-

gible for court-appointed counsel.

Dated this 10th day of December,

2019.

/s/Connie S. Portscheller

Connie S. Portscheller

Judicial Referee

Office Address: Ward County

Courthouse

315 3rd Street SE

Minot, ND 58701

Telephone: (701) 857-6650

(December 13-20-27, 2019)