Legal Notices 8-25
CORE FACILITY SOLUTIONS
Minot, NORTH DAKOTA
REQUEST FOR BIDS
for First District Health Unit –
Emergency Building Repairs
Core Facility Solutions of Minot, ND
requests bids to evaluate qualified
contractors for emergency repairs
at the First District Health Unit facili-
ties in Minot, North Dakota. This Re-
quest for Bids will encompass the
replacement of temperature con-
trols, boilers, furnaces, and
sealing/repair of the tunnel/crawl
space. Proposals shall be electroni-
cally received in the office of Mr.
Kristopher Schwab no later than
2:00 p.m. Friday, September 3,
2021. To receive the full details and
specifications of this request for
bids, contact Mr. Kristopher Schwab;
via e-mail at
kschwab@corefacilitysolutions.com.
(August 19-20-21-23-24-25-26-27-
28-30-31; September 1-2, 2021)
Minutes of the Board of Ward
County Commissioners
August 3, 2021
The regular meeting of the Ward
County Commission was called to
order by Chairman Fjeldahl at 9:15
AM with Commissioners, Anderson,
Pietsch, Rostad, and Weppler
present. Also present were depart-
ment heads Dana Larsen, Emily
Burkett, Jason Blowers, Jennifer
Wiechmann, Kristin Kowalczyk, Mar-
isa Haman, Melissa Bliss, Noreen
Barton, Robert Roed, Roza Larson,
and Tammy Terras. Moved by
Comm. Pietsch, seconded by
Comm. Weppler to approve the
agenda. Roll call; all voted yes; mo-
tion carried. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm.
Anderson to approve Commission
Meeting Minutes from July 20, 2021.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried. Moved by Comm. Rostad,
seconded by Comm. Weppler to ap-
prove the regular bills totaling
$366,831.82 and Human Service
Zone direct cost bills totaling
$28,399.58. Roll call; all voted yes;
motion carried. Mr. Doug Benjamin,
Commander of Minot Disabled
American Veterans Chapter 4 ap-
peared before the Commission. At
their most recent state convention,
the Minot DAV Chapter 4 was
named the Most Outstanding
Chapter in the State and were
presented with a plaque. Mr. Benja-
min requested permission to display
the plaque in the Veteran’s Room of
the Administrative Building. Moved
by Comm. Weppler, seconded by
Comm. Rostad to approving hanging
the Most Outstanding Chapter in the
State plaque received by the Minot
DAV Chapter 4 in the Administration
Building. Roll call; all voted yes;
motion carried. Human Resource
Director Tammy Terras congratulat-
ed three Ward County employees
who attended and graduated from
the NACO High Performance
Leadership Academy. Sarah Van
Sickle, Noreen Barton, and Eliza-
beth Pietsch each presented what
they learned during the 12-week
academy to the Commission. The
Commission then presented each
employee with their graduation ma-
terials. Noreen Barton, Tax Equali-
zation Director, appeared regarding
adjustments to Tax Roll Memoran-
dum. Ms. Barton explained the
three properties under #5 with the
property owner of Dominguez, Pasil-
las, Esteban Etal are actually owned
by Little Flower Church and not the
City and they have been sold by Lit-
tle Flower Church. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm.
Pietsch to approve adjustments to
Tax Roll Memorandum with change
of ownership to the three properties
as noted above. Roll call; all voted
yes; motion carried. Chairman Fjel-
dahl addressed the shower installa-
tion issue in the 425 Building for Fa-
cility Management Director Leona
Lochthowe. Some changes or elimi-
nations of items were made to the
original quote which brought the bid
from $21,280 down to $14,224 plus
price of the permit. Moved by
Comm. Rostad, seconded by
Comm. Weppler to approve the bid
of $14,224 plus the price of the per-
mit from Big M Construction. Roll
call; all voted yes; motion carried.
Doug Diedrichsen, Planning and
Zoning Administrator, appeared re-
garding an application for an Outlot
Plat for Orlin Nelson for the following
described property: Proposed Outlot
1 lying in the NE4NE4 & SE4NE4.
The applicant is proposing to parcel
Outlot 1 of 11.98 acres. This outlot
is for future residential purposes.
Ward County Zoning applies with
the township recommending appro-
val. The proposed outlot meets
minimum zoning requirements for
Ward County. Planning Commis-
sion recommends approval of the
Subdivision Plat Application based
on finding of facts and staffrecom-
mendations. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm.
Anderson to approve the Outlot Plat
Application for Orlin Nelson as
recommended by Planning & Zoning
Committee. Roll call; all voted yes;
motion carried. The application for
Jerald Schoenwald was pulled from
the agenda as it has not passed
Recorder’s review yet. Mr. Diedri-
chsen continued with the Zoning Or-
dinance Amendment 2021-1. Mr.
Diedrichsen is seeking approval to
send this to publication. The
changes include the stricken
language from 1 e). “and including
widths required in Article 24, Section
4, A, (12).” and the addition of 1. f)
Outlot Plats are exempt from
right-of-way dedications required in
Article 24, Section 4, A, (12). A dis-
cussion was held regarding whether
or not to send this back to the Plan-
ning and Zoning Committee. State’s
Attorney Roza Larson stated the
Planning and Zoning Committee
does not have any authority to pass
ordinances. Ms. Larson also recom-
mends making a motion to pass and
move forward to publishing as this
issue needs to be addressed to
avoid leaving the county open for
lawsuits. Moved by Comm. Pietsch,
seconded by Comm. Anderson to
approve sending the Zoning Ordi-
nance Amendment 2021-1 back to
the Planning and Zoning Committee.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried. Sheriff Robert Roed appeared
to request approval to apply for a
grant from the St. Joseph Com-
munity Health Foundation for
$3,000. The grant would be used for
CPR mannequins and training units
for existing and new employees.
Moved by Comm. Rostad, seconded
by Comm. Pietsch to approve apply-
ing for St. Joseph Community
Health Foundation Grant in the
amount of $3,000. Roll call; all vot-
ed yes; motion carried. Human
Resource Director Tammy Terras
appeared and held a discussion on
changes to the Annual Leave Policy.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Pietsch to approve the
new draft of the Annual Leave Poli-
cy. Roll call; all voted yes; motion
carried. Ms. Terras continued with
discussion on NDPERS retirement
authorized agents. Currently there
are two commissioners as author-
ized agents. These agents are only
able to answer billing questions.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Pietsch to remove the
two Commissioners as authorized
agents on NDPERS retirement ac-
count. Roll call; all voted yes; mo-
tion carried. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm.
Anderson to hold a special meeting
on August 24, 2021 from 9:00
AM-11:00 AM to discuss health in-
surance and make a decision for the
budget. Roll call; all voted yes; mo-
tion carried. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm. Ros-
tad to leave the 2nd Amendment
Resolution item tabled until next
meeting. Roll call; all voted yes;
motion carried. Moved by Comm.
Pietsch, seconded by Comm.
Weppler to receive and file informa-
tion received from Travis Zablotney.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried. Auditor/Treasurer Marisa Ha-
man appeared. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm.
Anderson to authorize the ROW
Easement for Reservation Tele-
phone Company to be signed by the
Chairman. Roll call; all voted yes;
motion carried. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm.
Pietsch to receive and file the follow-
ing correspondence: Economy at a
Glance. Roll call; all voted yes; mo-
tion carried. Discussion was held re-
garding the preliminary budget. Ad-
justments have been made from the
July 27, 2021 meeting which shows
a 10.03 mill levy increase. Regard-
ing the American Rescue Plan Act
funds, other counties have left these
funds off their preliminary budget un-
til decisions are made on how mo-
ney will be spent. Ms. Haman is
recommending the same. Ms. Ha-
man will request a breakdown from
Linda Freeman of Ward County
Council on Aging on how funds are
dispersed for the different entities.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Rostad to approve the
preliminary budget as presented
with the understanding that numbers
can be reduced. Roll call; Comm.
Weppler, Rostad, Pietsch, and
Anderson voted yes; Chairman Fjel-
dahl voted no; motion carried.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Rostad to hold a pub-
lic hearing regarding the budget on
September 23, 2021 at 7:00 PM.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried. Moved by Comm. Weppler,
seconded by Comm. Anderson to
approve duplicate warrant to be is-
sued to Lawgistic Partners in the
amount of $122.47. Roll call; all
vote yes; motion carried. Ms. Ha-
man presented information regard-
ing investment of the American Res-
cue Plan Act funds. Information was
requested from five banks and only
two responses were received. Ms.
Haman recommends using First
International Bank & Trust due to a
higher APY. Moved by Comm.
Weppler, seconded by Comm.
Anderson to approve investing the
American Rescue Plan Act funds
into the vehicle First International
Bank & Trust has recommended at
0.3 APY. Roll call; all voted yes;
motion carried. Ms. Haman reached
out to Merchant McIntyre & Associ-
ates, LLC and they will do a Grant
Management presentation in a
smaller meeting setting. Tammy
Terras stated this meeting will only
be informational and can give us an
idea on the cost of using a firm for
grant management. Moved by
Comm. Weppler, seconded by
Comm. Rostad to have the Person-
nel Committee, with the assistance
of HR Director Tammy Terras,
select a time to have Merchant
McIntyre & Associates, LLC present
to the Personnel Committee regard-
ing grant management. Roll call; all
voted yes; motion carried. Moved by
Comm. Pietsch, seconded by
Comm. Weppler to place an adver-
tisement in the newspaper for a
2022/2023 Insurance Request for
Proposal (RFP). Roll call; all voted
yes; motion carried. Ms. Haman
presented regarding the vendor
used to print tax estimate and state-
ment printing. Presort Plus has
been utilized for the past two years
but our office has been contacted by
Forum Communications Printing out
of Fargo with a lower quote. Presort
will continue to be used for absentee
ballots as they pick up the ballots
and deliver them to Bismarck. Ms.
Haman is seeking permission to use
Forum Communications Printing this
year at a lower cost. She is also
seeking permission to change ven-
dors at any time at her discretion.
Moved by Comm. Rostad, seconded
by Comm. Weppler to approve Ms.
Haman handling the tax estimate
and statement printing/mailing ven-
dor as she sees fit and to make any
changes to selection of vendor to
use without bringing this issue up to
the Commissioners in the future.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried. Moved by Comm. Weppler,
seconded by Comm. Anderson to
approve the Liquor License for Su-
perpumper, Inc. Roll call; all voted
yes; motion carried. Moved by
Comm. Weppler, seconded by
Comm. Rostad to approve the gam-
ing site authorizations for NDSF
Carousel Bar, NDSF Flickertail Bar
during DakJam August 11-14, 2021.
Roll call; all voted yes; motion car-
ried. Moved by Comm. Weppler,
seconded by Comm. Pietsch to ap-
prove the gaming site authorization
for Pheasants for the Future. Roll
call; all voted yes; motion carried.
Moved by Comm. Weppler, second-
ed by Comm. Pietsch to deny for
better clarification the gaming site
authorization for Pheasants for the
Future. Roll call; all voted yes; mo-
tion carried. Moved by Comm. Ros-
tad, seconded by Comm. Pietsch to
approve the NDSU Extension Ser-
vice to move to the old highway
building. Roll call; all voted yes; mo-
tion carried. At 10:49 AM with no
further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
(August 25, 2021)
NOTICE
Sundre Township will be holding a
public budget hearing on Tuesday,
September 14th, 2021 at 6pm. The
hearing will be held at the clerk’s
residence: 10901 86th St SE Minot.
Cari Morey, Sundre Township
Clerk/ Treasurer
(August 21-23-24-25-26, 2021)
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The North Dakota State Fair (NDSF)
is requesting proposals for an agen-
cy to assist with the future develop-
ment and implementation of tradi-
tional marketing strategies, media
plan, advertising, promotions and
public relations for the NDSF. Held
every July, the NDSF is the largest
annual event in North Dakota at-
tracting an average of 300,000
guests each year. This nine-day
spectacular features big name enter-
tainment in the grandstand, two
nights of auto events, four nights of
rodeo, over 47,000 competitive ex-
hibits, 600 commercial vendors, 10
free stages of entertainment, the
largest carnival and midway in the
state.
Interested parties should contact
JaCee Aaseth at
jacee@ndstatefair.com or
701-857-7620, for a written scope of
work and submit written proposals
by 4:00 p.m. on September 27,
2021. Creativeness, experience,
qualification, and commission struc-
ture will be evaluated. We appreci-
ate the interest you have expressed
in regards to future advertising agen-
cy services for the NDSF.
Sincerely,
/s/JaCee Aaseth
JaCee Aaseth, Marketing Director
North Dakota State Fair
(August 18-25; September 1, 2021)
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Otter Tail Power Company
Super Large General Service
Agreement
Rates
Case No. PU-21-366
NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
HEARING
August 18, 2021
On August 9, 2021, Otter Tail
Power Company (OTP) filed an ap-
plication for approval of an electric
service agreement with a new pros-
pective customer. The agreement
provides that the customer would
take electric service from OTP under
its Super Large General Service
Section 10.06.
The issues to be considered in this
proceeding are:
1. What is the value of OTP’s pro-
perty, used and useful, for the ser-
vice and convenience of the public
in North Dakota?
2. What is a just and reasonable rate
of return on OTP’s property, used
and useful, for the service and con-
venience of the public in North
Dakota?
3. What rates and charges are
necessary to provide a just and rea-
sonable rate of return on OTP’s pro-
perty, used and useful, for the ser-
vice and convenience of the public
in North Dakota?
4. Are OTP’s rate schedules
designed in such a manner that they
result in a basis of charge to its cus-
tomers that is just and reasonable
without undue discrimination?
5. Whether the electric service
agreement should be approved.
Those interested are invited to com-
ment on the application in writing.
Persons desiring a hearing must file
a written request identifying their in-
terest in the proceeding and the rea-
sons for requesting a hearing. Com-
ments and requests for hearing must
be received by September 17, 2021.
If deemed appropriate, the Com-
mission can determine the matter
without a hearing.
For more information contact the
Public Service Commission, State
Capitol, Bismarck, North Dakota
58505, 701-328-2400 or Relay North
Dakota 1-800-366-6888 TTY. If you
require any auxiliary aids or ser-
vices, such as readers, signers, or
Braille materials, please notify the
Commission 24 hours in advance.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Randy Christmann, Commissioner
Julie Fedorchak, Chair
Brian Kroshus, Commissioner
(August 25, 2021)
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Otter Tail Power Co/Northern
Plains Electric Coop
Jamestown, North Dakota
Service Area Agreement
Case No. PU-21-364
Otter Tail Power Company
Jamestown, North Dakota
Public Convenience & Necessity
Case No. PU-21-365
NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
CONSOLIDATED HEARING
August 18, 2021
On August 9, 2021, Otter Tail Power
Company (OTP) and Northern
Plains Electric Cooperative (NPEC)
filed a joint application for approval
of a Service Area Agreement (SAA)
to designate service locations to be
served by OTP and NPEC within
and around the City of Jamestown,
North Dakota. OTP further requests
issuance of a certificate of public
convenience and necessity authoriz-
ing it to extend service to locations
within the OTP service area set forth
in the agreement.
The issues to be considered in these
proceedings are:
1. Whether the SAA complies with
North Dakota Century Code section
49-03-06
2. Whether approval of the SAA and
resulting certificate of public con-
venience and necessity issuance is
compatible with the public interest.
Those interested are invited to com-
ment on the application in writing.
Persons desiring a hearing must file
a written request identifying their in-
terest in the proceeding and the rea-
sons for requesting a hearing. Com-
ments and requests for hearing must
be received by September 17, 2021.
If deemed appropriate, the Com-
mission can determine the matter
without a hearing.
For more information contact the
Public Service Commission, State
Capitol, Bismarck, North Dakota
58505, 701-328-2400 or Relay North
Dakota 1-800-366-6888 TTY. If you
require any auxiliary aids or ser-
vices, such as readers, signers, or
Braille materials, please notify the
Commission 24 hours in advance.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Randy Christmann, Commissioner
Julie Fedorchak, Chair
Brian Kroshus, Commissioner
(August 25, 2021)
SUMMONS
Case No. 51-2021-DM-00472
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
COUNTY OF WARD, IN DISTRICT
COURT, NORTH CENTRAL
JUDICIAL DISTRICT
State of North Dakota, and
Mikhael Lee Johnson-Partman,
Plaintiffs,
v.
Eva Lynn Hernandez,
Defendant.
The State of North Dakota to
Eva Lynn Hernandez:
You are summoned and required to
defend against the Complaint by
serving an Answer, which is a writ-
ten response, on the State of North
Dakota and Mikhael Lee
Johnson-Partman within 21 days
after service of this Summons and
by also filing that Answer with the
court. If you do not serve and file an
Answer, the court can grant the re-
quests made in the Complaint by
ordering that a default judgment be
entered against you.
Dated this 15th day of January,
2021.
/s/Stephen Williamson
Stephen Williamson
Special Assistant Attorney General
Bar I.D. Number: 09282
1015 S. Broadway Suite 18, Minot,
ND 58701
1-800-231-4255; minotcse@nd.gov
Attorney for Child Support
(August 11-18-25, 2021)
SUMMONS
Case No. 51-2021-DM-00473
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
COUNTY OF WARD, IN DISTRICT
COURT, NORTH CENTRAL
JUDICIAL DISTRICT
State of North Dakota, and
Mhacie Jean Denaye Foote,
Plaintiffs,
v.
George Jay Ball,
Defendant.
The State of North Dakota to
George Jay Ball:
You are summoned and required to
defend against the Complaint by
serving an Answer, which is a writ-
ten response, on the State of North
Dakota and Mhacie Jean Denaye
Foote within 21 days after service of
this Summons and by also filing that
Answer with the court. If you do not
serve and file an Answer, the court
can grant the requests made in the
Complaint by ordering that a default
judgment be entered against you.
Dated this 3rd day of June, 2021.
/s/Stephen Williamson
Stephen Williamson
Special Assistant Attorney General
Bar I.D. Number: 09282
1015 S. Broadway Suite 18, Minot,
ND 58701
1-800-231-4255; minotcse@nd.gov
Attorney for Child Support
(August 11-18-25, 2021)