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Public NoticesPublic NoticesPubl. May 3, 2012

MINUTES OF THE REGULARMEETING

BOARD OF EDUCATIONINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

465LITCHFIELD, MINNESOTA 55355

APRIL 9, 2012

A regular meeting of the Board of Edu-cation of Independent School District465, Litchfield, Minnesota was called toorder by Board Chair Helstrom at theMeeker County Family Services Build-ing, Room 200, at 7:00 p.m. on Mon-day, April 9, 2012. Board memberspresent: Donna McGraw, Stacey Hel-strom, Karla Rick, Jim Ellingson, andBrian Park. Board members absent:Dan Dollerschell. Also present wereSuperintendent William Wold, BusinessManager Bill Menozzi, Aaron Imholterepresenting KLFD, and Jenny Bergrepresenting the Independent Review.

II. Consent Agenda:

A. Motion was made by Park and sec-onded by Rick to approve the ConsentAgenda including the minutes of theregular meeting of March 26, 2012. Mo-tion unanimously carried.

III. Reports tot the Board:

A. Community Education Director BobLawrence provided an update of theCommunity Education activities pro-gram.

IV. New Business:

A. The School Board acknowledged a

tentative agreement with the LitchfieldEducation Association.

B. Superintendent Wold provided a rec-ommendation for the K-12 building ad-ministration structure for 2012-13 to in-clude the reinstatement of the separatehigh school principal position. Motionwas made by McGraw and secondedby Ellingson to approve the recommen-dation. Motion unanimously carried.

C. Personnel Resignations and Recom-mendations:Motion was made by Ellingson and sec-onded by Rick to accept a resignationfor retirement from, Joyce Nielsen, LakeRipley Elementary first grade teacher,effective at the end of the 2011-12school year and,

a resignation for retirement from BrendaRueckert, Lake Ripley Elementary spe-cial education teacher, effective at theend of the 2011-12 school year, and

to acknowledge David Holle and TylerStorm as volunteers for boys and girlstrack. Motion unanimously carried.

V. Board Member Topics:

A. Board member McGraw reported onthe recent MAWSECO monthly meet-ing.

VI. Adjournment:

Motion was made by Ellingson and sec-onded by McGraw to adjourn the meet-ing at 7:48 p.m. Motion unanimouslycarried.

Publ. May 3, 10, & 17, 2012ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

WAGNER ELEMENTARY WINDOWREPLACEMENT

307 EAST 6TH STREETLITCHFIELD, MINNESOTA 55355

Independent School District #465 willreceive single prime sealed bids for theWagner Elementary Window Replace-ment project until 2:00 PM local time onMay 22, 2012 at the District Office, 114North Holcombe Ave., Suite 100, Litch-field, Minnesota, 55355, at which timeand place all bids will be publiclyopened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Pro-posal Form, Drawings and Specifica-tions, will be on file at the Offices of theArchitect, Wold Architects and Engi-neers, 305 St. Peter Street, St. Paul,Minnesota 55102. (651) 227-7773; atthe Minneapolis Builders Exchange;Builders Exchange at St. Paul; McGrawHill Construction/Dodge Plan Center;Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room(St. Paul, MN); Mankato BuildersExchange, Builders Exchange ofRochester, Southwest Builders Ex-change (Marshall, MN), Mid MinnesotaBuilders Exchange (Willmar, MN) andfrom PlanWell at www.e-arc.com.

This project includes: Removal of exist-ing wood frame windows and replace-ment with new aluminum curtain wallsystem and glazing.

American Reprographics Company,2007 E. 24th Street, Minneapolis, MN55404 (612) 722-2303, facsimile (612)722-2958, will provide complete sets ofthe Bidding Documents to prospectivebidders and subcontractors. The copieswill be available about May 29, 2012.Both a deposit check in the amount of$25 and a non-refundable check in theamount of $25 made out to "Indepen-dent School District #465" for each set

ordered are required or Bidding Docu-ments may be ordered via the internetat www.e-arc.com and clicking on thePlanWell icon, then the Public PlanRoom icon, select Wagner ElementaryWindow Replacement. The followinginformation must accompany the de-posit: Company name, mailing address,street address, phone and facsimilenumbers and type of bidder (i.e. Gener-al, Mechanical or Electrical Subcontrac-tor to General, or other). A refund of$25 will be sent to prime contractorswho submit a bid to the Owner and sub-contractors for each set (including ad-denda) returned to American Repro-graphics Company in good conditionwithin ten (10) calendar days of theaward date, subject to the conditions ofAIA Document A701. Refunds will notbe given if the plans are returned to theArchitect's Office.

Make proposals on the bid forms sup-plied in the Project Manual. No oral,telegraphic or telephonic proposals ormodifications will be considered. Submitwith each bid, a certified check or ac-ceptable bidder's bond payable to Inde-pendent School District #465 in anamount equal to five percent (5%) ofthe total bid. The successful bidder willbe required to furnish satisfactory Laborand Material Payment Bond, and Per-formance Bond.

Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty(30) days after the scheduled time ofopening bids, without the consent of theOwner. The Owner reserves the right toaccept any bid or to reject any or allbids, or parts of such bids, and waiveinformalities or irregularities in bidding.

The Owner requires Substantial Com-pletion of the project on or before Au-gust 17, 2012

Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT#465

Publ. May 3 & 10, 2012

NOTICE OF OFFICES TO BE FILLED AT THE STATE GENERAL ELECTION FOR WHICH CANDIDATES FILE WITH THE MEEKER COUNTY AUDITOR

The following county offices will be voted on at the State General Election to be heldon Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The filing period for these offices begins at 8:00a.m., Tuesday, May 22, 2012, and ends at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Theplace of filing is the Office of County Auditor, Meeker County, 325 North Sibley Av-enue, Litchfield, MN 55355. Candidates may file in person or by mail. Candidateswho will be absent from the state during the filing period may arrange to file, in per-son, prior to departure. Note: Filing offices will be closed Monday, May 28, 2012 inobservance of Memorial Day.

County Offices:

Commissioner Districts (One office per district)Districts Townships/CitiesDistrict 1: Darwin City, Darwin Township, Litchfield City Wards 1, 4 and 5 District 2: Forest City Township, Harvey Township, Litchfield Township,Litchfield City Wards 2 and 3

District 3: Acton Township, Cedar Mills City, Cedar Mills Township,Collinwood, Cosmos City, Cosmos Township, Danielson Township, EllsworthTownship and Greenleaf Township

District 4: Dassel City, Dassel Township, Kingston City and Kingston Town-ship

District 5: City of Grove City, City of Eden Valley, Forest Prairie Township,Manannah Township, Swede Grove Township, Union Grove Township and Cityof Watkins

**MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE PURSUANT TO COURT FILE 47-CV-12-378

Soil & Water Conservation District (One office per district)Districts Townships 1 Harvey, Manannah, Swede Grove and Union Grove2 Forest City, Forest Prairie and Kingston4 Acton, Litchfield and Darwin

State Offices:

Filing for State Offices is with the Office of the Secretary of State or with the CountyAuditor of the county in which the candidate resides.

Senator District 18

Representative District 18A

If you have questions, please telephone the Auditor's Office at 320-693-5212.

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