Legal Notices 5-28
Minutes of the Board of Ward
County Commissioners
May 5, 2020
The regular meeting of the Ward
County Commission was called to
order by Chairman Fjeldahl, at 9:00
AM with Commissioners, Walter,
Rostad, Pietsch and Weppler
present. Also present were depart-
ment head Devra Smestad, Dana
Larsen, Jason Blowers, Jennifer
Weichmann, Ryan Kamrowski and
Tammy Terras and present on the
teleconference was Roza Larson.
Moved by Comm. Rostad, seconded
by Comm. Walter to approve the
agenda. Roll call; all voted yes; mo-
tion carried. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm.
Pietsch to approve the minutes from
the regular commission meeting on
April 21, 2020 and special meeting
April 24, 2020. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm. Ros-
tad to amend the minutes and re-
move the line “No one from the pub-
lic spoke out against the proposed
project.” Roll call; all voted yes; mo-
tion carried. Roll call on original mo-
tion; all voted yes; motion carried.
Moved by Comm. Walter, seconded
by Comm. Pietsch to approve the
regular bills totaling $183,011.83
and Human Service Zone direct cost
bills totaling $3,175.88. Roll call; all
voted yes; motion carried. Director
of Tax Equalization appeared with
Tax Roll Adjustments for Commis-
sions approval. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm. Ros-
tad to approve the Tax Roll Adjust-
ments as presented. Roll call; all
voted yes; motion carried. Mr. Kam-
rowski continued with a recommen-
dation for the upcoming County
Board of Equalization meeting
scheduled for June 1, 2020. He
recommends to hold the meeting as
scheduled and follow social distanc-
ing recommendations. Also, provide
Zoom conference call option for
those that do not feel comfortable at-
tending the meeting in person.
Those that don’t want to attend in
person need to file their appeal in
writing prior to the meeting. Moved
by Comm. Walter, seconded by
Comm. Pietsch to approve Mr.
Kamrowski’s recommendations re-
garding the County Board of Equali-
zation meeting. Roll call; all voted
yes; motion carried. County En-
gineer Dana Larsen appeared with
two agenda items. Mr. Larsen’s first
item was to provide information on
an opportunity to relocate the High-
way Department’s operations to a
new location with more land, better
access with newer and more effi-
cient facilities. Moved by Comm.
Pietsch, seconded by Comm. Walter
to approve the Highway Department
and the Chairman of the Commis-
sion to negotiate with the seller on
the possible new location. Roll call;
all voted yes; motion carried. Mr.
Larsen continued with a request to
award the Culvert replacement on
County Road 14 project to the
lowest bidder. Moved by Comm.
Walter, seconded by Comm.
Weppler to approve the bid from
Hanson’s Excavating, Inc in the
amount of $270,844.00 for replace-
ment of the Culvert on County Road
14. Roll call; all voted yes; motion
carried. Planning and Zoning Ad-
ministrator Doug Diedrichsen ap-
peared with a plat application for the
following described property: SENE
10-154-82. Moved by Comm.
Walter, seconded by Comm. Rostad
to approve the plat application from
Daniel and Amy Lenertz. Roll call;
all voted yes; motion carried. Human
Resource Director Tammy Terras
updated the Commission on Co-
vid-19 Staffing. She recommended a
plan of action that includes creating
a task force to develop policies and
procedures for prompt identification
and isolation of sick staff and custo-
mers. The Task Force will include
two Commissioners and several
department heads. The task force
will complete the Workplace Assess-
ment for Covid-19 as recommended
as part of the Smart Start. Moved
by Comm. Weppler, seconded by
Comm. Walter to adopt the recom-
mended plan of action as presented
by Ms. Terras. Roll call; all voted
yes; motion carried. Chairman Fjel-
dahl and Comm. Weppler volun-
teeredto serve on the task force. Ms.
Terras informed the Commission the
Administrative Assistant in the
Veterans’ Service Office has
resigned effective 5/8/2020 and the
only position currently occupied is
the Veteran’s Service Officer. She
continued with a recommended
timeline for posting and filling the
two open positions open in the
Veteran’s Service Office. Moved by
Comm. Walter, seconded by Comm.
Weppler to approve the recommen-
dations for advertising, interviewing
and hiring for the two positions in the
Veterans’ Service Office. Roll call;
all voted yes, except Commissioners
Pietsch and Fjeldahl who voted no;
motion carried. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm.
Pietsch to approve the payroll
amendment for D. Perez-Correction
Officer (level 13, step 1). Roll call; all
voted yes; motion carried.
Auditor/Treasurer Devra Smestad
appeared. Moved by Comm. Walter,
seconded by Comm. Rostad to re-
ceive and file the following
correspondence: Department Head
Meeting Minute- April 15, 2020 &
April 24, 2020; Court Facilities Im-
provement Advisory Committee-
letter; Minot Area Chamber of
Commerce-Economy at a Glance.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried. Moved by Comm. Weppler,
seconded by Comm. Pietsch to re-
ceive and file the State’s Attorney
annual report. Roll call; all voted
yes; motion carried. Moved by
Comm. Pietsch, seconded by
Comm. Walter to approve the Coun-
ty deed for foreclosed property sold
by Realtor. Roll call; all voted yes;
motion carried. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm. Ros-
tad to approve the proposal from
A.R Audit Services for collecting out-
standing debts. Roll call; all voted
yes; motion carried. Emergency
Management Director Jennifer
Wiechmann appeared with an up-
date regarding the Covid-19 Joint
Committee. At 10:41 AM with no
further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
(May 28, 2020)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Probate No. 51-2020-PR-00087
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
WARD COUNTY, STATE OF
NORTH DAKOTA
In the Matter of the Estate of
George B. Officer, 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 TRACI FRENCH and
TODD OFFICER, 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 8th day of May, 2020.
/s/Traci French
Traci French
/s/Todd Officer
Todd Officer
Carol K. Larson – #04406
PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P.C.
2525 Elk Drive
P.O. Box 1000
(701)852-0381
clarson@pringlend.com
Attorneys for: Co-Personal
Representatives
(May 14-21-28, 2020)