Legal Notices 6-11
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
City of Burlington, North Dakota
Park Road Bank Stabilization
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the City of Burlington, North Dakota
will receive sealed Bids for the con-
struction of PARK ROAD BANK
STABILIZATION, at Burlington City
Hall, 225 Wallace Street, PO Box
159, Burlington, ND 58722, until
11:00 AM Friday July 2, 2021 at
which time all Bids will be publicly
opened and read aloud.
All Bids must be submitted, and all
work shall be done, in full and strict
compliance with:
1. The Plans & Project Manual for
this project;
2. Any Special Conditions for this
project;
3. The 2019 City of Minot Standard
Specifications and Details.
Project bidding documents are avail-
able for examination and/or $100
purchase Monday through Friday
from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00
pm to 5:00 pm at the office of
Ackerman-Estvold, 1907 17th Street
SE, Minot ND 58701. Complete di-
gital project bidding documents are
available at www.ackerman-
estvold.com/projects or www.quest
cdn.com. You may download the di-
gital plan documents for $50 by in-
putting Quest project #7885682 on
the website’s Project Search page.
Please contact QuestCDN.com at
952-233-1632 or info@quest
cdn.com for assistance in free
membership registration, download-
ing, and working with this digital pro-
ject information. Potential bidders
may contact Ackerman-Estvold at
(701) 837-8737 with any questions.
Generally, the Work covered by the
Plans and Specifications for the
Park Road Bank Stabilization Pro-
ject consists of the materials, labor,
tools, and equipment required for
clearing and grubbing, topsoil strip-
ping, excavation and embankment
work, rip rap installation, guardrail,
and other incidentals as identified in
the Plans and Specifications. Details
of the construction are included in
the Drawings, Project Manual, and
the 2019 City of Minot Standard
Specifications and Details.
All Bids are to be submitted on the
basis of cash payment for the Work
and Materials necessary to complete
the project. Each bid must be ac-
companied by a separate envelope
containing the contractor’s license
and bid security. The bid security
must be in a sum equal to five per-
cent 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 governing
body. A countersignature of a bid
bond is not required under this sec-
tion. If a successful bidder does not
execute a contract within the ten
days allowed, the bidder’s bond
must be forfeited to the Owner and
the project awarded to the next
lowest responsible bidder. Bidders
must be licensed for the full amount
of the bid as required by section
43-07-12 of the North Dakota Centu-
ry Code.
No Bid may be read or considered if
it does not fully comply with the re-
quirements of Section 48-01.2-05 of
the North Dakota Century Code.
The Owner reserves the right to hold
all Bids for 30 days, to reject any or
all Bids, to waive any informality or
irregularity in any Bid, to accept the
Bid deemed in the best interest of
the Owner, and to rebid the project
until a satisfactory bid is received.
There shall be endorsed upon the
outside of the envelope containing
the Bid, the following:
1. “City of Burlington Park Road
Bank Stabilization”
2. The name of the person, firm,
corporation, or joint venture submit-
ting the Bid.
3. The Bidder’s Contractor’s License
or Contractor’s License Renewal
Number.
4. Acknowledgement of the Adden-
da, if any.
Any deficient Bid received will be
resealed and returned to the Bidder
immediately.
All work shall be substantially com-
plete by October 15, 2021. All work
shall be completed and ready for fi-
nal payment in accordance with the
General Conditions by October 30,
2021.
Should the Contractor fail to com-
plete its obligations under the Con-
tract within the time required herein
or within such extra time as may
have been granted by formal exten-
sions of time approved by the Own-
er, there will be deducted from any
amount due to the Contractor the
sum of $1,000 per day for each and
every calendar day that the comple-
tion of the Work is delayed. The
Contractor and his Surety will be li-
able for any excess. Such payment
will be as and for liquidated dam-
ages and not as a penalty.
By order of the City Council of the
City of Burlington, North Dakota.
Dated this 7th day of June, 2021.
Jeanine Kabanuk, Mayor
(June 11-18-25, 2021)
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
PROJECT:
Park South Townhomes
Minot, North Dakota
OWNER:
Essential Living, LLC
400 10th St SE
Minot, North Dakota 58701
SEPARATE SEALED BIDS FOR
THE FOLLOWING BID GROUP
PACKAGES OF CONSTRUCTION
WORK FOR THE PROJECT
NAMED ABOVE WILL BE RE-
CEIVED BY ESSENTIAL LIVING,
LLC UNTIL THURSDAY, JUNE 17,
2021 AT 2:00PM LOCAL TIME AT
THE OFFICE AT 400 10TH
STREET SE, MINOT, ND.
Bid Packages:
6A Prefab Components Supply
6D Finish Carpentry
The Completion Date is March
2022. In no case will the deadline for
project completion be extended.
The Information to Bidders, Form of
Bid, Form of Contract, Form of Bid
Bond, and Form of Performance-
Payment Bond, Drawings, Specifica-
tions, and other contract documents
may be examined at the following
places: EAPC Architects Engineers,
the Builders Exchanges of Fargo-
Moorhead, Minot or Bismarck, North
Dakota; Aberdeen, South Dakota;
Minneapolis, St. Cloud, FW Dodge/
McGraw Hill Plan Room, or Min-
neapolis Builders Exchange, Min-
nesota.
PDF copies of the Construction Do-
cuments may be obtained through
EAPC Architects Engineers, located
at 300 3rd Ave SW, Suite A, Minot,
ND, phone # (701) 839-4547.
The Owner reserves the right to
waive any informality or to reject any
or all bids.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a
separate envelope containing a
bidders bond in a sum equal to five
percent (5%) of the full amount of
the bid, executed by the bidder as
principal and by a surety company
authorized to do business in this
state, conditioned that if the princi-
pal’s bid be accepted and the con-
tract awarded to the principal, within
ten days after notice of award, the
principal will execute and effect a
contract in accordance with the
terms of the bid and a contractors
bond as required by law the regula-
tions and determinations of the
governing board.
All bidders must be licensed for the
highest amount of their bids, as ap-
proved by Section 43-07-05 of the
North Dakota Century Code. A copy
of the bidder’s contractor license
must be included in the bid bond en-
velope.
No bid will be read or considered
which does not fully comply with the
above provisions as to bond and
licenses, and any deficient bid sub-
mitted will be resealed and returned
to the bidder immediately.
By: Blake Nybakken, Essential Liv-
ing, LLC
(May 28; June 4-11, 2021)
CALL FOR BIDS
The School Board of the Maddock
School District #9 of Maddock, North
Dakota, will accept sealed bids for
OTS coal and hauling, preferably
Wyoming coal; for the 2021-2022
school term. Tonnage per trip is ap-
proximately 35 tons, with average of
8 trips per year, estimated 1 trip per
month in the winter. Questions may
be directed to Jack Lang at
701-438-2531. Sealed bids are to be
mailed to Shannon Louder, Busi-
ness Manager, Maddock School
District #9, PO Box 398, Maddock,
ND 58348, on or before Thursday,
July 1, 2021. All properly received
bids will be forwarded to the School
Board for consideration at its next
regular meeting, July 8th, 2021. The
School Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
(June 11-12-14-15-16, 2021)
Minot Public School District #1
Regular School Board Meeting
June 3, 2021
Members Present
Jim Rostad
Bonny Berryman
Mike Gessner
Laura Mihalick
Miranda Schuler
Members Absent
The Regular Board Meeting was
called to order by President Rostad
at 4:01 P.M.
Assistant Superintendents Tracey
Lawson and Kim Slotsve gave the
board reports on the MPS expanded
summer school. Lawson reported
that in a normal year, MPS elemen-
tary summer school program pro-
vides remedial math and reading to
approximately 100 students in
grades K-5 with 9 teachers in one
school and a summer program for
English Learners. This year, the
Department of Public Instruction re-
moved the remedial requirement for
summer school in order to promote
summer school for all students and
MPS will be serving 290 students at
four sites (Longfellow, North Plains,
Sunnyside, and Washington) with 28
teachers. The summer program for
English Learners at Hoeven Ele-
mentary has approximately 35 stu-
dents enrolled with 3 teachers.
Breakfast and lunch will be served at
all summer school sites. The sum-
mer program will operate from June
7-25. Slotsve reported that 370 stu-
dents enrolled in high school sum-
mer courses (an increase of 150
from last year) and 254 students en-
rolled in middle school summer
courses (an increase of 100 stu-
dents from last year).
MPS Nutrition Services Director, Ivy
Thorson, reported to the board on
the summer school nutrition pro-
gram. Thorson noted that last sum-
mer USDA guidelines allowed MPS
to serve over 108,000 free,
non-congregate grab & go meals to
the community. This year with sum-
mer school expanding we are able
to also expand our Summer Food
Service Program. Following USDA
guidelines and waivers we are able
serve congregate meals as well as
non-congregate meals. We will offer
breakfast and hot lunch at: Washing-
ton Elementary, Perkett Elementary,
Sunnyside Elementary, Longfellow
Elementary, John Hoeven Elemen-
tary, North Plains Elementary on the
MAFB, Jim Hill Middle School and
Magic City Campus High School.
We will be delivering meals daily
from MCC for the students enrolled
at Central Campus. MPS will offer
breakfast and lunch at Lewis and
Clark for the Extended School Year
Special Education program on Tues-
day, Wednesday and Thursday.
Students or guardians can pick up
Grab & Go meals from Washington
Elementary, which will include a
breakfast and lunch. After June 25th
we will continue meal service at
Washington, Perkett and Sunnyside
Elementary Schools through August
13th. Along with our Summer School
Students anyone 18 and younger in
the community can walk-in to our
summer sites and receive a free
breakfast and/or lunch to eat inside.
Breakfast is served from 8:30-9:30
and lunch from 11:30-12:30. Sum-
mer Food Program information is
available on our MPS website.
Moved by Schuler, seconded by
Gessner, to approve the Consent
Agenda to include the May 6, 2021
Regular and May 17, 2021 Special
Board Meetings’ minutes and the
Financial Reports to include the May
Accounts Payable in the amount of
$1,431,680.30.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Schuler, seconded by
Berryman, to approve a letter of
resignation from Jason Block effec-
tive the end of the 2020-2021 school
year.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Mihalick, seconded by
Gessner, to approve a letter of resig-
nation from Katherine Folden effec-
tive the end of the 2020-2021 school
year.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Gessner, seconded by
Berryman, to approve a letter of
resignation from Brian Holen effec-
tive the end of the 2020-2021 school
year.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Mihalick, seconded by
Schuler, to approve a letter of resig-
nation from McKenzie Kranz effec-
tive the end of the 2020-2021 school
year.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Mihalick, seconded by
Gessner, to approve a letter of resig-
nation from Theresa Osteroos effec-
tive the end of the 2020-2021 school
year.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Schuler, seconded by
Mihalick, to approve a letter of resig-
nation from James Owens effective
the end of the 2020-2021 school
year.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Mihalick, seconded by
Gessner, to approve a letter of resig-
nation from Rebecca Ralbovsky ef-
fective the end of the 2020-2021
school year.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Schuler, seconded by
Gessner, to approve a letter of resig-
nation from Emily Stephens effective
the end of the 2020-2021 school
year.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Mihalick, seconded by
Schuler, to approve a letter of resig-
nation from Tara Troxel effective the
end of the 2020-2021 school year.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Schuler, seconded by
Mihalick, to approve a letter of resig-
nation from Tina Webb effective the
end of the 2020-2021 school year.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Gessner, seconded by
Mihalick, to approve a letter of resig-
nation from Catherine Woodiwiss ef-
fective the end of the 2020-2021
school year.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Gessner, seconded by
Berryman, to approve 2021-2022
New Teacher Report #3.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Gessner, seconded by
Mihalick, to ratify the negotiated
agreement between the Minot
School Board and the Minot Ad-
ministrator Association contingent
upon MAA ratification. The tentative
agreement is a two-year contract
with a $710 increase (.95%) to the
base salary in 2021-2022 and a
$710 increase (.94%) to the base in
2022-2023, a Covid Retention Pay
of 4% in 2021-2022 and 3% in
2022-2023 and minor language
changes.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Business Manager Scott Moum re-
ported to the board that all other em-
ployee groups not covered by one of
the negotiated agreement would be
receiving similar increases and re-
tention pay.
Superintendent Dr. Mark Vollmer re-
quested the board approve a revised
2021-2022 MPS Professional Learn-
ing schedule including early release
days. Moved by Gessner, seconded
by Schuler, to approve the PD Early
Release Days schedule as present-
ed.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
Moved by Berryman, seconded by
Gessner, to approve the 2021-2022
Adult Education Grant as presented
by ALC Director Jennifer Kraft.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
MPS Attorney Peter Hankla re-
viewed an Offer to Purchase and an
Addendum of the Offer to Purchase
for approximately 34 acres of land
directly north of the Cognizant Build-
ing (legal description: ING Addition
Lot 1 Block 2 & 3 NW). The Minot
Public School Offer to Purchase the
land from Voya Services Company
(ReliaStar Life Ins. Co.) was for
$750,000 and the addendum at-
tached to the offer to purchase in-
cluded a $150,000 donation from
ReliaStar to MPS. The purchase
and donation will be simultaneous
transactions. Moved by Gessner,
seconded by Mihalick, to approve
the Offer to Purchase and the Ad-
dendum of the Offer to Purchase as
presented.
Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”
The next regular school board meet-
ing is scheduled for July 22, 2021 at
4:00 p.m.
The Regular Meeting adjourned at
4:42 P.M.
Scott Moum, Business Manager
Jim Rostad, President
These minutes are not approved un-
til the next regular board meeting.
The bills list can be found on this
link: https://drive.google.com/drive
/folders/1s85vhLg-9krx4bVIZpuy_ttk
eIVFMcWv?usp=sharing
(June 11, 2021)
NOTICE OF PETITION FOR NAME
CHANGE
IN DISTRICT COURT, WARD
COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA
In the Matter of the Petition for
Name Change of Shalom Abigail
Baer.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Peti-
tion in the above-entitled matter will
be filed with the Clerk of District
Court for Ward County, North Dako-
ta, requesting an Order changing the
name of Shalom Abigail Baer
(current full, legal name) to Shalom
Abigail Baer Gee (requested full, le-
gal name).
Pursuant to N.D.C.C. 32-28-02, thir-
ty days previous notice of the in-
tended application must be given in
the official newspaper printed in this
county. You are hereby notified that
thirty days after publication, peti-
tioner intends to file a petition re-
questing entry of the Court’s Order
changing the name of Shalom Abi-
gail Baer (current full, legal name) to
Shalom Abigail Baer Gee (requested
full, legal name). Any objection to
granting this name change must be
given in writing to the address listed
below within 30 days of the date of
this publication. The written objec-
tion must also be filed with the
Court. If no objections are given, the
Court may respond to the Petition
without further hearing.
Dated this 5th day of June, 2021.
/s/ Shalom Abigail Baer
Shalom Abigail Baer
201 36th Ave. NE Apt. 306
Minot, ND 58703
(June 11, 2021)
NOTICE OF SALE
United States v. Darrell W. Schiff, et
al., Case No. 1:21-cv-00023. Notice
is hereby given that by virtue of a
Judgment entered and given in the
United States District Court for the
District of North Dakota, on May 3,
2021, in favor of the United States of
America, as plaintiff, and against
Darrell W. Schiff, et al., as Defen-
dants, it has been adjudged that
there is due and owing to plaintiff by
Defendant Darrell W. Schiff, princi-
pal in the amount of $221,916.47
and interest through April 1, 2021, of
$38,450.16, with interest accruing
thereafter until the date of judgment
at the daily rate of $22.306, together
with costs and disbursements of this
action in the amount of $400.00
making a total of $260,766.63, with
interest accruing after entry of judg-
ment at the legal rate until paid in
full.
The United States Marshal received
a copy of the Judgment, duly certi-
fied 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 defendant in the proper-
ty described in the aforementioned
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 out-
standing mortgages, liens, and as-
signments.
The plaintiff has a paramount 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 10 and the S1/2 of Lot 11, Block
1, Original Townsite of the City of
Berthold, Ward County, North Dako-
ta
The sale will be held on July 13,
2021, at the front door of the Ward
County Courthouse, Minot, North
Dakota at 11:00 A.M. (Central
Time). Any individual interested in
obtaining the amount that will be bid
at the sale by United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Centralized Ser-
vice Center, Rural Development
should contact that office at (800)
349-5097. 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. If
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: June 1, 2021.
Dallas Carlson, United States
Marshal for the District of North
Dakota.
(June 11-18-25; July 2, 2021)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Probate No. 51-2021-PR-00092
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
WARD COUNTY, STATE OF
NORTH DAKOTA
In the Matter of the Estate of Robert
D. Sivertson, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned was appointed per-
sonal representative of the above
estate in the Superior Court of Mari-
copa County, in and for the State of
Arizona and was granted the powers
of a local personal representative in
the State of North Dakota. All per-
sons having claims against the said
deceased are required to present
their claims within three months after
the date of the first publication or
mailing of this notice or said claims
will be forever barred. Claims must
either be presented to Nancy Os-
borne, personal representative of the
estate at c/o Law Office of Diane K.
Lautt, PLLC, PO Box 1945, Minot,
North Dakota 58702-1945, or filed
with the Court.
Dated this 29th day of May, 2021.
/s/Nancy Osborne
Nancy Osborne
25653 S. Brentwood Drive
Sun Lakes, AZ 85248
LAW OFFICE OF DIANE K. LAUTT,
PLLC
/s/ Diane K. Lautt
Diane K. Lautt (ID 07243)
Attorney for Personal Representa-
tive
PO Box 1945
Minot, ND 58702-1945
701-852-3060
diane@lauttlaw.com
(June 4-11-18, 2021)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Probate No. 51-2021-PR-00095
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
WARD COUNTY, STATE OF
NORTH DAKOTA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF KEVIN G. MOHAGEN,
DECEASED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned has been appointed
Personal Representative of the
above estate. All persons having
claims against the said deceased
are required to present their claims
within three months after the date of
the first publication or mailing of this
notice or said claims will be forever
barred. Claims must either be
presented to CLAYTON
MOHAGEN, Personal Representa-
tive of the estate, at the office of Ni-
cholas B. Hall, Attorney at Law, 710
Hill Avenue, P.O. Box 610, Grafton,
ND 58237, or filed with the Court.
DATED this 7th day of June, 2021.
/s/Clayton Mohagen
CLAYTON MOHAGEN,
Personal Representative of the
Estate of Kevin G. Mohagen, De-
ceased
NICHOLAS B. HALL (ND #03223)
nhall@hallcurrie.com
HALL CURRIE LAWYERS, LTD.
710 HILL AVENUE – P.O. BOX 610
GRAFTON, ND 58237
TELEPHONE: (701)352-2810
FAX: (701) 352-1550
Attorney(s) for: Personal Represen-
tative
(June 11-18-25, 2021)
Request for Bid
The Fort Berthold Housing Authority
is requesting bids for 21 foundations
to be built on the Fort Berthold Indi-
an Reservation. Bids will include
demolish old house, removal of
waste, excavation, stub in new water
and sewer, forms, footings, poured
footing wall, rebar, sealing, insula-
tion, drain tile, sump pit, sill plate
and backfill. Deadline for the bids
will be July 2, 2021. For more de-
tailed information please contact
FBHA.
Contact: Brock Jacobson
Cell: 701-421-6414
Office: 701-627-4731 EXT. 228
Email: bjacobson@fbha.org
Contact: Coby Rabbithead
Cell: 701-421-1112
Office: 701-627-4731 Ext. 246
Email: coby@fbha.org
FBHA has the right to reject any and
all proposals and/or solicitations
(June 7-8-9-10-11-12-14-15-16-17-
18-19-21-22-23-24-25-26-28-29-30;
July 1-2, 2021)
Request for Proposal
The Fort Berthold Housing Authority
is requesting for 2 and 3 bedroom
modular homes to replace 21 homes
on the Fort Berthold Indian Reser-
vation. Homes will be approximately
1200-1600 Square Feet. Proposals
should not include foundations. Pro-
posals will be for a turn-key home in-
cluding, all stitching and seaming of
exterior and interior, all HVAC,
plumbing and electrical except for
electrical, water, and sewer connec-
tion. No proposals for manufactured
homes or homes built on metal
I-beams will be considered. Dead-
line for proposals will be July 2,
2021. For more detailed information
please contact FBHA.
Contact: Brock Jacobson
Cell: 701-421-6414
Office: 701-627-4731 EXT. 228
Email: bjacobson@fbha.org
Contact: Coby Rabbithead
Cell: 701-421-1112
Office: 701-627-4731 Ext. 246
Email: coby@fbha.org
FBHA has the right to reject any and
all proposals and/or solicitations
(June 7-8-9-10-11-12-14-15-16-17-
18-19-21-22-23-24-25-26-28-29-30;
July 1-2, 2021)
SUMMONS
Civil No. 51-2021-CV-00917
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
COUNTY OF WARD, IN DISTRICT
COURT, NORTH CENTRAL
JUDICIAL DISTRICT
ProCollect Services, LLC,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Joshua M. English,
Defendant.
THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-
DANT:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED
and required to appear and defend
against the Complaint in this action,
which is herewith served upon you,
by serving on the undersigned an
Answer or other proper response
within twenty-one days after service
of this Summons upon you, ex-
clusive of the day of service. If you
fail to do so, judgment by default will
be taken against you for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated June 8, 2021.
/s/Christopher A. Carlson
Chistopher A. Carlson (ID #03378)
PO Box 1097
Bismarck, North Dakota 58502-1097
701-258-4800
carlsonlaw@qwestoffice.net
Attorney for the Plaintiff
(June 11-18-25, 2021)