Legal Notices 6-9
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received for the Moun-
trail Phase 2 Transmission Line Pro-
ject, in Mountrail County, ND. Bids
will be received by the Teresa
Sundsbak, at the office of the North
Prairie Regional Water District until
3:00 pm on Wednesday, June 16,
2021, and then at said office all bids
properly submitted will be publicly
opened and read aloud.
Digital copies of the Bidding Docu-
ments are available at
www.interstateeng.com or www.
questcdn.com for a fee of $30.00.
These documents may be down-
loaded by selecting this project from
the “Bid Documents” tab and by
entering Quest Project Number
7849298 on the “Search Projects”
page. For assistance and free
membership registration, contact
QuestCDN at (952) 233-1632 or
info@questcdn.com. Paper copies
of the Bidding Documents may be
obtained from Interstate Engineer-
ing, Inc. located at 1903 12th Ave-
nue SW, Jamestown, ND 58401, for
a fee of $100.00 per set. The bid-
ding and contract documents may
also be examined at the same Inter-
state Engineering office. Any techni-
cal questions may be directed to
Wade Senger at (701) 252-0234.
The project will consist of the ap-
proximately 60,000 feet of 6″ water
main including apperatuses.
Each bid will be submitted on the
basis of a cash payment for work. It
will be enclosed in a sealed en-
velope addressed to the above men-
tioned Teresa Sundsbak, 3811 E
Burdick Expressway, Minot, ND
58701 and shall be designated that
the bid is for “Mountrail Phase 2
Transmission Line.” The bid shall be
accompanied by a Bidder’s Bond in
a separate envelope in the amount
of 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 North Dakota. If the Principal’s bid
is accepted by the OWNER and the
contract awarded, the principal,
within ten (10) days after the Notice
of Award, will be required to execute
and effect a contract in accordance
with the terms of the principal’s bid
and any requirements and condi-
tions of the OWNER.
A Contractor’s Bond, as required by
Section 48-01.2-10 of the North
Dakota Century Code, shall be in-
cluded with the executed Contract
Documents. The Bid Security shall
be as required in Section 48-01.2-05
of the North Dakota Century Code.
All bidders must be licensed for the
highest amount of their bids, as re-
quired by Section 43-07-05 of the
North Dakota Century Code and a
copy of the license or certificate of
renewal thereof issued shall be en-
closed in the required bid bond en-
velope.
Bidders on this work will be required
to comply with Title 40 CFR Part
33- Participation by Disadvantaged
Business Enterprises in the United
States Environmental Protection
Agency Programs. The require-
ments for bidders and contractors
under this regulation concern utiliza-
tion of Minority Business Enterprises
(MBE), Women’s Business Enter-
prises (WBE), and Small Business
Enterprises (SBE) and are explained
in the specifications.
The goal for MBE is 2% of the total
dollar value of the project. The goal
for WBE is 3% of the total dollar
value of the project. To demonstrate
a good faith effort to comply, bidders
must include the MBE/WBE subcon-
tractor solicitation form in the
bid package.
Bidders on this work will be required
to comply with the President’s Exe-
cutive Order No. 11246, as amend-
ed. The requirements for bidders
and contractors under this order are
explained in the specifications.
Bidders on this work will be required
to comply with American Iron and
Steel requirements of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2014. The
requirements for bidders and con-
tractors under this regulation are ex-
plained in the specifications.
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.
The OWNER retains the right to re-
ject any or all of the bids submitted
and to waive any informality in any
bid and to hold all bids for a period
not to exceed thirty (30) days from
said date of opening and to hold the
three low bids and bid securities for
a period not to exceed sixty (60)
days from said date of bid opening.
The work on the improvements is to
commence upon a date to be speci-
fied by the OWNER, notice of which
will be given to the successful bidder
ten (10) days in advance of the start
of construction. The Contractor will
be required to commence construc-
tion, and in an approved sequence,
complete the project by July 31,
2022.
By order of North Prairie Regional
Water District
Minot, ND
Teresa Sundsbak,
Manager
Dated this 20th day of May, 2021.
(May 26; June 2-9, 2021)
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Project: International Peace Gar-
dens – Campus Upgrades
Bid Pack #2 Vitko Conservatory
Expansion
10939 US-281
Dunseith, ND
Bid Date, Time, & Location:
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 @ 2:00
PM CDT
(Public Opening) Construction En-
gineers
ATTN: Lance Monson
200 North 69th Street, Grand Forks,
ND 58203
The International Peace Gardens is
seeking bids for Bid Pack #2 of the
Vitko Conservatory expansion as
part of the larger Campus Upgrades
project. Bid Pack #2 includes demol-
ition, structural,mechanical, electri-
cal, greenhouse, exterior cladding,
concrete, building finishes,
landscaping, and other building up-
grades.
Bockstael Construction Limited of
Winnipeg, Manitoba has partnered
with Construction Engineers of
Grand Forks, North Dakota and will
each be accepting bids from both
Canada and the United States
respectively for all trades.
The Peace Garden sits on the bord-
er of Canada and the United States
and you will enter through your
respective port of entry. Because
you will depart through customs you
will need a Passport or
government-issued ID with copy of
birth certificate. More information
can be found at. https://peace
garden.com/discover#preparevisit
Construction Engineers is soliciting
competitive “Lump Sum Bids” for All
Contract Categories.
A Pre-bid Meeting will take place
June 15, 2021 at 10:30 AM. Atten-
dees will meet in the main atrium of
the Conservatory and Interpretive
Center located at 10939 US-281,
Dunseith, ND 58329. It is
non-mandatory and optional for all
bidders.
Bidding Documents
Digital project bidding documents
will be available for download on
Monday April 26th, 2021. Email
TinaH@ConstructionEngineers.com
for instructions on how to download
a set of bid documents (include the
project name in the subject line).
You must provide a monitored email
address upon request for bid docu-
ments.
An optional paper set of project do-
cuments is also available for a non-
refundable price of $200 per set.
Please make your check payable to
Construction Engineers Inc. and
send it to Construction Engineers,
PO Box 13378, Grand Forks, ND
58208-3378. Contact Construction
Engineers at 701-792-3200 if you
have any questions.
(June 9-14-21, 2021)
AMENDED SUMMONS
CIVIL NUMBER: 51-2021-CV-00693
IN THE STATE OF NORTH
DAKOTA, COUNTY OF WARD, IN
THE DISTRICT COURT, NORTH
CENTRAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT
U.S. Bank National Association,
Plaintiff,
v.
Elizabeth L. Vanderhorst; Matthew
Vanderhorst; SRT Communications,
Inc.; State of North Dakota by Dept.
of Human Services, Child Support
Division; Portfolio Recovery Associ-
ates, LLC; Midland Credit Manage-
ment, Inc.; any person in posses-
sion,
Defendants.
THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-
DANTS:
1. To the above-mentioned Defen-
dants including all persons unk-
nown, claiming any estate or interest
in, or lien or encumbrance upon, the
real estate described below and in
the complaint.
2. You are hereby summoned and
required to appear and defend
against the Complaint in this action,
which is herewith served upon you,
by serving upon the undersigned a
copy of an Answer or other proper
response within twenty-one (21)
days after the service of this Sum-
mons upon you, exclusive of the day
of service.
3. If you fail to do so, Judgment by
default will be taken against you for
the relief demanded in the Com-
plaint.
4. This Summons and Complaint will
be filed with the Clerk of this Court.
5. This action relates to the foreclo-
sure of a mortgage upon the follow-
ing described real property in the
County of Ward, State of North
Dakota:
Lot 2, Faith Hills to the City of Minot,
Ward County, North Dakota.
Property Address: 4821 42nd Street
Southeast, Minot, ND 58701
6. The Plaintiff is not seeking a per-
sonal judgment against the above-
named Defendants.
Dated May 19, 2021
/s/ Scott S. Skeen
Scott S. Skeen
376 East 400 South, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Tel: 801-355-2886
Email: scott@hwmlawfirm.com
Bar Number: 09334
HWM: ND10307
(May 26; June 2-9, 2021)
Minutes of the Board of Ward
County Commissioners
May 18, 2021
The regular meeting of the Ward
County Commission was called to
order by Chairman Fjeldahl at 9:00
AM with Commissioners, Anderson,
Pietsch, Rostad, and Weppler
present. Also present were depart-
ment heads Bradley Starnes, Dana
Larsen, Emily Burkett, Jason
Blowers, Jennifer Wiechmann, Kerri-
anne Boetcher, Kristin Kowalczyk,
Leona Lochthowe, Marisa Haman,
Melissa Bliss, Noreen Barton,
Robert Roed, Roza Larson and
Tammy Terras.
Moved by Comm. Rostad, seconded
by Comm. Weppler to approve the
agenda. Roll call; all voted yes; mo-
tion carried.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Anderson to approve
Commission meeting minutes from
May 4, 2021 and Special Commis-
sion meeting minutes from May 6,
2021. Roll call; all voted yes; motion
carried.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Rostad, to approve
the regular bills totaling
$240,482.96and Human Service
Zone direct cost bills totaling
$7,536.03. Roll call; all voted yes;
motion carried.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Anderson to open the
public hearing at 9:04 AM regarding
the YMCA – MIDA Bond Resolution.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried.
Scott Wegner from Arntson Stewart
Wenger Law Firm and Roger Ma-
zurek, Executive Director of the
Minot YMCA spoke regarding refi-
nancing the existing MIDA Bonds.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Pietsch to close the
public hearing at 9:10 AM. Roll call;
all voted yes; motion carried.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Pietsch to approve
adopting the bond resolution out-
lined by Mr. Wegner and Mr. Ma-
zurek and authorizing Comm. Chair-
man and Ward County Auditor to
sign documents. Roll call; all voted
yes; motion carried.
Kristopher Wolla, Building Inspector,
appeared regarding a moving permit
application for Rick Duncan.
Moved by Comm. Rostad, seconded
by Seconded by Comm. Weppler to
open the public hearing at 9:12 AM
regarding the moving permit applica-
tion for Rick Duncan. Roll call; all
voted yes; motion carried.
Mr. Duncan is requesting to move a
2-stall detached garage from 216
16th St SE to his residence at 2500
63rd Street NW, Minot.
No one from the public came for-
ward for or against the moving per-
mit.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Pietsch to close the
public hearing at 9:13 AM. Roll call;
all voted yes; motion carried.
Moved by Comm. Anderson,
seconded by Comm. Rostad to ap-
prove the moving permit for Rick
Duncan as presented. Roll call; all
voted yes; motion carried.
Doug Diedrichsen, Planning and
Zoning Administrator appeared re-
garding a Statutory Right of Way va-
cation request from Dakota Boys
and Girls Ranch for the following
described property: Section line
between Outlot 8 of
E2NE4-18-155-83 and SW4SW4 &
NW4NW4 less road-17-155-83.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Anderson to open the
public hearing at 9:15 AM regarding
the Statutory Right of Way vacation
request from Dakota Boys and Girls
Ranch. Roll call; all voted yes; mo-
tion carried.
Brent Mattson from Dakota Boys
and Girls Ranch Foundation dis-
cussed the request which diverts
traffic around campus for the safety
of the children and would allow for
campus expansion and replatting
the property into a contiguous lot.
Also speaking on the matter was Joy
Ryan, President of Dakota Boys and
Girls Ranch who reiterated regard-
ing safety of the children.
Russell Rogne, adjoining property
owner, appeared and spoke out
against the vacation request citing
he uses the road a few times a year
but more importantly, if he were to
sell the property, there would be no
access to this land.
States Attorney Roza Larson spoke
up stating statute law states you
cannot land lock the only access to
property by closing down a section
line.
Patrick Samson of Ackerman – Est-
vold who represents the City of Bur-
lington appeared and voiced no ob-
jections with the ROW vacation.
Moved by Comm. Pietsch, second-
ed by Comm. Weppler to close the
public hearing at 9:39 AM. Roll call;
all voted yes; motion carried.
Moved by Comm. Pietsch, second-
ed by Comm. Anderson to deny the
Statutory Right of Way vacation re-
quest from Dakota Boys and Girls
Ranch Foundation as presented.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried.
Sheriff Robert Roed appeared with a
list of updates needed to move sher-
iff storage into the Old Highway
Department building along with cost
of updates.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Rostad to approve the
proposed updates as presented but
to look into an alternative option for
covering the oil pit area. Roll call; all
voted yes; motion carried.
Facilities Management Director Leo-
na Lochthowe appeared with bids on
ATS replacement on the Courthouse
generator with Main Electric being
the low bidder at $126,225.00.
Moved by Comm. Anderson,
seconded by Comm. Weppler to ap-
prove the budgeted request of
$100,000.00 and to have the Facili-
ties Management department cover
the additional amount of $26,225.00
using their departmental budget.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried.
Mrs. Lochthowe presented quotes
for purchase of a Bobcat in order to
handle heavier loads and to assist
with snow removal.
Moved by Comm. Rostad, seconded
by Comm. Pietsch to approve the
purchase of a new Bobcat as
presented utilizing the Government
discount. Roll call; all voted yes;
motion carried.
Highway Engineer Dana Larsen ap-
peared with a Cost Participation and
Maintenance Agreement for Sawyer
Bridge Replacement Project.
Moved by Comm. Rostad, seconded
by Comm. Weppler to approve the
agreement for the Sawyer Bridge
Replacement Project and authorize
the Chairman to sign the agreement.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried.
Mr. Larson presented bids to install
the reinforced concrete box culvert
on County Road 12, with Wagner
Construction being the low bidder at
$229,162.70.
Director of Emergency Management
Jennifer Wiechmann appeared ad-
dressing concerns of citizens in the
area regarding temporary road clo-
sure and the distance of the detour
and ability to provide service with
emergency vehicles. Minot Rural
Fire Chief Rex Weltikol appeared
and reinforced to Commissioners
that emergency vehicles would be
able to reach the detoured areas re-
gardless of the terrain.
Moved by Comm. Pietsch, second-
ed by Comm. Anderson to approve
the bid from Wagner Construction in
the amount of $229,162.70 to install
the reinforced concrete box culvert
on County Road 12 as presented.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried.
Human Resource Director Tammy
Terras appeared with payroll
amendments for: G. Colon, Facili-
ties Department; K. Willert, State’s
Attorney office; K. Streitz, Highway
Department; and P. Malnaa, High-
way Department.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Anderson to approve
all the payroll amendments as
presented. Roll call; all voted yes;
motion carried.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Pietsch to remove St.
Anthony’s Plat from the tabled items
and not include on agenda until final
plat is presented. Roll call; all voted
yes; motion carried.
Auditor/Treasurer Marisa Haman ap-
peared.
Moved by Comm. Rostad, seconded
by Comm. Weppler to receive and
file the 2021 Water Tours brochure.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Rostad to receive and
file the monthly reports including
financials. Roll call; all vote yes;
motion carried.
Ms. Haman spoke regarding live
streaming of all Special Meetings as
they have been sporadic in the past.
Jason Blowers appeared to inform
Commissioners of storage links for
videoed Commission meetings and
the time spent setting up for meet-
ings. He reiterated the need for gui-
dance on streaming Special Meet-
ings.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Anderson to live
stream all Special Meetings. Roll
call; all vote yes; motion carried.
Ms. Haman gave an update regard-
ing the 2020 Audit of which a draft
should be completed sometime this
week by Craig Hashbarger, CPA of
Widmer Roel. Ms. Haman will con-
tact Mr. Hashbarger to have him
present his findings in person or on
Zoom.
Ms. Haman continued with an up-
date on the American Rescue Act.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Rostad to have Ms.
Haman put the steps in place to re-
ceive the funding that is available
and to have a fund number esta-
blished for the American Rescue Act
funds. Roll call; all vote yes; motion
carried.
Moved by Comm. Pietsch, second-
ed by Comm. Anderson to approve
duplicate warrants to be issued to
the following: First District Health
Unit, $3,256.54; Gate City Bank –
Fargo, $20.00; T. Nesdahl, $192.00;
Olson Home Rental LLC, $574.75.
Roll call; all vote yes; motion carried.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Rostad to approve the
four event permits for Minot VFW
Club. Roll call; all vote yes; motion
carried.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Rostad to approve
gaming site authorization for North
Dakota Association for the Disabled,
Inc, (one for The Grainhopper and
one for Bingorama), Minot Junior
Golf Association Inc, and MSU
Beaver Boosters Inc. Roll call; all
vote yes; motion carried.
Comm. Weppler attended the May
17, 2021 Personnel meeting. No fi-
nal action was taken.
Comm. Weppler attended the May
17, 2021 Highway Committee meet-
ing. No final action was taken.
At 10:48 AM with no further busi-
ness, the meeting was adjourned.
(June 9, 2021)
NOTICE OF MEETING OF
MEMBERS OF SUNSET
MEMORIAL GARDENTS OF
MINOT, INC.
The annual meeting of the members
of the Sunset Memorial Gardens of
Minot, Inc. in the transaction of such
other business as may come before
the meeting will be held at the office
of the company. Located at 210
62nd Ave NW, Minot, ND at 1:00
p.m. Wednesday, June 16, 2021.
Nancy Schmidt
(June 2-9-16, 2021)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
PROBATE NO. 51-2021-PR-00085
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
WARD COUNTY, STATE OF
NORTH DAKOTA
In the Matter of the Estate of
JOSEPH G. PATTERSON,
Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned have been appoint-
ed co-personal representatives 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 HOLLY J. DEWITZ and
KRISTI J. REINKE, Co-Personal
Representatives of the estate, at
2525 Elk Drive, P.O. Box 1000,
Minot, ND 58702-1000, or filed with
the Court.
Dated this 20th day of May, 2021.
/s/Holly J. Dewitz
Holly J. Dewitz
/s/Kristi J. Reinke
Kristi J. Reinke
Ryan D. Sandberg – #05999
PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P.C.
2525 Elk Drive
P.O. Box 1000
Minot, ND 58702-1000
rsandberg@pringlend.com
(May 26; June 2-9, 2021)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
PROBATE NO. 51-2021-PR-00090
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
WARD COUNTY, STATE OF
NORTH DAKOTA
In the Matter of the Estate of
MAX C. ZURCHER, 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 re-
quired to present their claims within
three months after the date of the
first publication or mailing of this no-
tice or said claims will be forever
barred. Claims must either be
presented to DEVRA ZURCHER,
Personal Representative of the
estate, at 2525 Elk Drive, P.O. Box
1000, Minot, ND 58702-1000, or
filed with the Court.
Dated this 27th day of May, 2021.
/s/Devra Zurcher
Devra Zurcher
Matthew H. Olson – #06182
PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P.C.
2525 Elk Drive
P.O. Box 1000
Minot, ND 58702-1000
molson@pringlend.com
(June 2-9-16, 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)