Minot Public School District #1

Regular School Board Meeting

January 6, 2022

Members Present Members

Jim Rostad

Bonny Berryman

Mike Gessner

Miranda Schuler

Absent

Laura Mihalick

The Regular Board Meeting was

called to order by President Rostad

at 4:00 P.M.

Superintendent Dr. Mark Vollmer

gave the board a report on CO-

VID-19 including updates from the

CDC and the ND Dept. of Health.

Moved by Schuler, seconded by

Berryman, to approve the Consent

Agenda to include the December 9,

2021, Regular and December 16,

2021 & December 20, 2021 Special

Board Meeting Minutes and the

Financial Reports to include the De-

cember Accounts Payable in the

amount of $1,443,382.53.

Roll Call: All members present voted

“Yes.”

Moved by Schuler, seconded by

Berryman, to approve a letter of

resignation from Shem Bringham ef-

fective the end of the 2021-2022

school year.

Roll Call: All members present voted

“Yes.”

Moved by Berryman, seconded by

Gessner, to approve a letter of resig-

nation from Michael Frank effective

December 31, 2021 and waive liqui-

dated damages.

Roll Call: All members present voted

“Yes.”

Moved by Schuler, seconded by

Berryman, to approve a letter of

resignation due to retirement from

Rhonda Grindy effective the end of

the 2021-2022 school year.

Roll Call: All members present voted

“Yes.”

Moved by Gessner, seconded by

Berryman, to approve a letter of

resignation due to retirement from

Cindy Ludwig effective the end of

the 2021-2022 school year.

Roll Call: All members present voted

“Yes.”

Moved by Berryman, seconded by

Schuler, to approve a letter of resig-

nation from Jessica O’Dell effective

the end of the 2021-2022 school

year.

Roll Call: All members present voted

“Yes.”

Moved by Schuler, seconded by

Gessner, to approve the 2021-2022

New Teacher Report #11.

Roll Call: All members present voted

“Yes.”

Superintendent Vollmer updated the

board on the attendance area

evaluation & comprehensive boun-

dary analysis process that will be

conducted by RSP & Associates in

the coming months as the district

begins planning for a third downtown

middle school and second high

school to be opened in the fall of

2024. The board will hold a retreat in

the coming weeks to begin discus-

sions on all issues (attendance lines,

feeder schools, building names,

mascots, colors, staffing, finance

and other) related to the outcome of

the recent successful bond

referendum.

Moved by Schuler, seconded by

Gessner, to approve the reviewed

Pledged Securities.

Roll Call: All members present voted

“Yes.”

The next regularly scheduled school

board meeting is set for February 1,

2022 at 4:00 p.m. in the Board

Room of the MPS Administration

Building.

The Regular Meeting adjourned at

4:31 P.M.

Scott Moum, Business Manager

Jim Rostad, Board President

(February 15, 2022)

Notice of Sale

You are herein notified that Midwest

Capital Group, LLC, d/b/a Souris

River Storage, 4000 11th Ave. S.E.,

Minot, North Dakota, will conduct a

sale of abandoned personal property

of the following units: #344 Leticia

Woody; #803 Leandro Borrego;

#218 Danielle House; #131 Emil

Bradford Jr; #729 Keely Brown;

#544 Charissa Tilla. The contents of

the storage spaces will be sold by

ONLINE AUCTION after 5:00 p.m.

on February 26, 2022. Questions

should be directed to Donald Mal-

chose, Souris River Storage,

(701) 833-5362.

(February 15, 2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Probate File No. 51-2021-PR-00215

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

IN DISTRICT COURT

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OF GARY FLADELAND

A/K/A GARY L. FLADELAND

A/K/A GARY LEE FLADELAND

IN THE COUNTY OF BULEIGH,

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

In The Matter of the Estate of Gary

Fladeland a/k/a Gary L. Fladeland

a/k/a Gary Lee Fladeland, Deceased

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned had 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 publicarion of this notice or said

claims will be forever barred. Claims

must either be presented to Gary

Michael Fladeland, personal

representative of this estate at 105

McTavish Ave. White Earth, ND

58794, or filed with the Court.

Dated January 1st , 2022

Gary Michael Fladeland

105 McTavish Ave

White Earth, ND 58794

Isaac Zimmerman ID# 07665

Attorney for the Estate

919 S 7th St Ste 607

Bismarck, ND 58504

701-224-1519

isacc@zlawnd.com

(February 8,15, 22, 2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Probate No. 51-2022-PR-00016

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

HARVEY STEEN, 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 TRACY STEEN,

Personal Representative of the

estate, at 2525 Elk Drive, PO Box

1000, Minot ND 58702-1000, or filed

with the Court.

Dated this 8th day of February,2022.

/s/Tracy Steen

Tracy Steen

Debra L. Hoffarth – #05668

PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P.C.

2525 Elk Drive

P.O. Box 1000

Minot, ND 58702-1000

dhoffarth@pringlend.com

(Febuary 15-21; March 1, 2022)

SOUTH HILLS

SOFTBALL COMPLEX –

RESTROOMS, CONCESSIONS, &

PRESS BOX BUILDING

MINOT PARK DISTRICT

MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA

Sealed bids will be received by the

Minot Park District, at the office of

the Minot Park District, 420 3rd Ave

SW, Minot, ND 58701, until 11:00

AM CT, March 8th, 2022, at which

time they will be publicly opened and

read aloud for the furnishing of

materials, labor, equipment and skill

required for the construction of

South Hills Softball Complex –

Restrooms, Concessions & Press

Box Building and incidental items

in and for said Minot Park District, as

is more fully described and set forth

in the plans and specifications there-

fore, which are now on file in the of-

fice of the KLJ Engineering LLC,

Bismarck or Minot, North Dakota.

Bids shall be upon cash payment on

the following estimated quantities

and types of work:

Restroom, Concessions, and Press

Box Building, building demolition

and disposal, electrical, plumbing,

mechanical, pavement removal, as-

phalt pavement, concrete sidewalk,

concrete valley gutter, aggregate

base, grading, sanitary sewer, water

main and services, erosion control,

topsoiling, seeding, surveillance

equipment, and other associated

work.

The contract documents are on file

and may be examined at the follow-

ing:

Minot Park District

420 3rd Ave SW

Minot, North Dakota 58701

KLJ Engineering, LLC

Bismarck Office

4585 Coleman Street

Bismarck, North Dakota, 58503

Minot Office

2900 10th Street SW Suite A

Minot, North Dakota, 58701

Complete digital project bidding

documents are available at

www.kljeng.com “Projects for Bid” or

www.questcdn.com. You may down-

load the digital plan documents for

$27 by inputting Quest project #

8103647 on the website’s Project

Search page. Please contact

QuestCDN at (952) 233-1632 or

info@questcdn.com for assistance

in free membership registration,

downloading, and working with this

digital project information. An option-

al paper set of project documents is

also available for a non-refundable

price of $90 per set at KLJ, 4585

Coleman Street; PO Box 1157,

Bismarck, ND 58502. Please con-

tact us at 701-355-8400 if you have

any questions.

All bids are to be submitted on the

basis of cash payment for the work

and materials, and each bid shall be

accompanied by a separate en-

velope containing the contractor’s

license and bid security. The bid

security must be in a sum equal to

five per cent (5%) of the full amount

of the bid and must be in the form of

a bidder’s bond. A bidder’s bond

must be 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, the

principal, within ten (10) days after

notice of award, will execute and ef-

fect a contract in accordance with

the terms of his bid and the bid bond

as required by the laws of the State

of North Dakota and the regulations

and determinations of the governing

body. If a successful bidder does not

execute a contract within ten (10)

days allowed, the bidder’s bond

must be forfeited to the governing

body and the project awarded to the

next lowest responsible bidder.

All bidders must be licensed for the

full amount of the bid as required by

Section 43-07-07 and 43-07-12 of

the North Dakota Century Code.

The successful Bidder will be re-

quired to furnish Contract Perfor-

mance and Payment Bonds in the

full amount of the contract.

Contracts shall be awarded on the

basis of the low bid submitted by a

responsible and responsive bidder

for the aggregate sum of all bid

items. Up to three (3) contracts will

be awarded for the work, one gen-

eral, one electrical, and one

mechanical.

All bids will be contained in a sealed

envelope, as above provided; plainly

marked showing that such envelope

contains a bid for the above project.

In addition, the bidder shall place

upon the exterior of such envelope

the following information:

1. The work covered by the bidder

2. The name of the bidder

3. Separate envelope containing bid

bond and a copy of North Dakota

Contractor’s License or certificate of

renewal.

4. Acknowledgement of the

Addenda.

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 work on the improvement will be

completed by November 18, 2022.

The Owner reserves the right to

reject any and all bids, to waive any

informality in any bid, to hold all bids

for a period not to exceed 30 days

from the date of opening bids, and to

accept the bid deemed most favor-

able to the interest of the Owner.

Should the Contractor fail to com-

plete the work within the time re-

quired herein or within such extra

time as may have been granted by

formal extensions of time approved

by the Owner, there will be deducted

from any amount due the Contractor

the sum of $500.00 per day and

every day that the completion of the

work is delayed. The Contractor and

his surety will be liable for any ex-

cess. Such payment will be as and

for liquidated damages.

Dated this 10th day of February,

2022

Minot Park District

Minot, NORTH DAKOTA

/s/ Ron Merritt

Executive Director

(February 15 – 22; March 1, 2022)