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August16,2012
Golden Valley County
Commission
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
JULY 3, 2012 9:00
Chairman Dave Quale called the
meeting to order. Commissioners
Harley Steffen and John Thompson
were present.
Commissioner Steffen made a
motion to approve the June minutes
and Commissioner Thompson sec-
onded the motion. Motion carried
unanimously.
Discussion was held regarding
using the new Beach Community
Center for the County's polling place
instead of the Beach High School, so
school activities wouldn't be disrupted
during the November election.
Commissioner Steffen made a motion
to set the County's polling location for
the November General Election at the
Beach Community Center located at
153 Main Street and Commissioner
Thompson seconded the motion.
Motion carried unanimously.
Commissioner Thompson made a
motion to have Chairman Quale sign
a renewal agreement between the
County and the ND Assn. of Oil &
Gas Producing Counties, County
Permit Agreement, and Commissioner
Steffen seconded the motion. Motion
carried unanimously.
The Board reviewed the County's
Fire & Tornado policy and the current
coverage amounts.
Commissioner Steffen made a
motion to reappoint Rick Bostyan to
another three year term on the
County School Reorganization
Committee, and to appoint Kim Van
Horn to take the place of late Darlene
Lardy on this same Board and
Commissioner Thompson seconded
the motion. Motion carried unani-
mously.
Commissioner Thompson made a
motion to reappoint Dave Quale to
the County Schools Tuition Appeals
Committee for another 3 year term
and Commissioner Steffen seconded
the motion. Motion carried unani-
mously.
Commissioner Thompson made a
motion to approve of a Gaming Site
Authorization for Home on the Range
and Commissioner Steffen seconded
the motion Motion carried unani-
mously.
Discussion was held regarding a
County Agent Ashley Ueckert met ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Golf Digest includes Bull € Pulpit
with the Board to discuss a drought CRUSHING AND STOCKPILING
meeting she is planning, donations for GRAVEL
renovating the blue fair building and COUNTY OFBILLINGS, NORTH Golf Course in most fun course listing
to inform them that her Administrative DAKOTA
Assistant, Cindy Schmidt, is resign-
" "K Sealed bids will be received by the MEDORA - Golf Digest's The selection was determined with Dave Solga, Bully Pulpit's gen-
mg..im Nunberg met with the Board Commission of Billings County, North
to thank them for the opportunity to sit Dakota, at the office of the Billings September issue listed Bul b Pulpit the help of Golf Digest's panelists, eral manager, is thrilled Bully Pulpit
on the REAP Board and represent County Auditor, PC Box 168, Billings Golf Course, south of Mcdora, as consisting of almost 1,000 golf is included in the list of most fun
Golden Valley County. Kim discussed
her recent trip to Washington DC and
other REAP issues. The Board
thanked Kim for her service on this
Board.
County Agent Ashley Ueckert and
Fair Board member John Kouba met
with the Board to discuss the Board
allowing the Fair Board to put on an
additional 11/2 mills to help with
expenses on the blue fair building.
The Board agreed to add these mills
at budget time.
Road Foreman Pete Wirtzfeld met
with the Board to discuss road
department issues and projects.
Jeremy Wood from Northern Plains
Engineering met with the Board and
Wirtzfeld to discuss the Bell Lake
Road Project. Tim Kelly from
Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, Inc. met
with the Board and Wirtzfeld to dis-
cuss the Westerheim Road Project.
Fencing bids were opened for the
fencing project along the Westerheim
Road. Five bids were received and
they ranged from $.58 per linear foot
to $1.25. Commissioner Thompson
made a motion to accept the bid from
TT Fencing of $.58 per linear foot and
Commissioner Steffen seconded the
motion. Motion carried unanimously.
The following vouchers were audit-
ed and approved for the month of
July:
65290 Blue Cross
Blue Shield 10752.50
65291-65318 Social
Service Disb. 9641.48
65319 NDSU Ext. Disb. 574.00
65320 Document
Preservation Disb. 574.00
65321 Midstate
Communications 26.00
65322 Boss Office Supply 398.67
65323 Dakota Dust-Tex 24.60
65324 Sip N Sew 194.81
65325 SW Business Machines756.10
65326 Darrel's Body Shop 335.00
65327 Empire Office Machines134.32
65328 Election Systems &
Software 3555.16
65329 GV Co. States Atty. 1654.17
65330 Golva Repair 37.00
65331 Golden Valley Outfitters155.32
65332 Hann Law PLLC 90.00
65333 Institute of Local Govern.80.00
65334 ITD 478.00
65335 Matthew Bender & Co.
65336 AI Miller 160.04
65337 ND Newspaper Assn. 182.16
65338 ND Insurance
Department 2516.16
65339 Pembina Co. Sheriff 47.50
65340 Gene Skoglund 13.00
65341 St. Joseph's Hospital 279.00
65342 Spirit of the West 19.27
65343 Patty Thompson 451.50
centennial item from the County to 65344 Ze. Med ca
give u'Oal the;G.V.Oentennial ai.,- ,,. ,t (3z}-6.,, te,s.e} 63.10
; 4500.00
The Board: aqreed on a key chain ==,.= 4 .... _,; ==nn
.......... " : ...... 65347 Biosz Engineerin 5755.00
Mandan, that will have the Countyls " ,65348 Kadr, mas Lee &
name hnd dates engraved oh it ' ......... ' ' 9000.00
Jackson
65349 Northern Plains
Engineering 20800.00
65350 Lyle Signs 385.59
65351 Noll Construction 4409:10
65352 KnoWs Ready Mix 960.00
65353 Jackie Higlin 3038.40
65354 Pauline Northrop 6076.80
65355 Randy Northrop 3038.40
65356 John Northrop 3038.40
65357 Action Heating 575.00
65358 CRA Payment Center 10.88
65359 Department of
Transportation 2656.79
65360 Farmers Union Oil 12504.50
65361 Golden Valley News 595.10
65362 Industrial Towel 46.22
65363 John Deere Financial 150.43
65364 John Deere
Financial 102412.33
65365 Lawson Products 647.47
65366 Michael Todd &
Company 300.35
65367 Powerplan 2330.81
65368 Robert Schmeling 1057.50
65369 Texas Refinery Corp. 163.50
65370 Tab Electronics 9274.35
65371 West Dakota
Truck Repair 587.85
65372-65373 Weed
Board Disb. 605.41
65374 GV County Treasurer 432.43
65375 Weed Board Disb. 16.65
65376-65387 Collections
Submitted 62441.93
65388 NDACo 215.08
65389 Brenda Frieze 66.60
65390-65392 Weed
Board Disb 21292.78
65393 Dan Walz 653.00
65394-65398 BLM
Mineral Disb. 50000.00
65399 Reservation Telephone 40.00
65400 Washington Nat'l. Ins. 33.96
65401 MDU 1126.29
65402 City of Beach 378.10
65403 Midstate
Communications 1174.38
65404-65407 Library Disb. 343.11
65408 Weed Board Disb 1160.11
65409 Golden Valley County5233.50
65410 Golden Valley County7086.09
65411 Golden Valley County66(3.00
65412 GV County Treasurer /T36.00
65413 GV County Treasurec/¢059.60
65414 Ashley Ueckert //'1060.00
65415-65416 Golden Va4fy
County / 4711.53
65417-65427 Cafeterj
Plan Disb. / 2847.12
65428 Wage With)bid Order 314.00
65429 ND State/Treasurer 123.25
65430 ND GaJe & Fish 2056.03
65431 Cene/g Fleetcard 2056.03
65432 Aflae 363.38
65433 24/7 Disb. 42.00
65434 Weed Board Disb. 306.56
65435 AT&T Mobility 36.79
65436 Verison Wireless 396.41
Debit Card Esri Store 64.00
13104-13163 GV County
Employees 76984.04
Chairman Quale declared the
meeting adjourned at 3:45 P.M.
ATTEST:
Cecilia Stedman, Auditor
David L. Quale, Chairman, County
Commissioners
(August 16)
Zoning Director Henry Gerving
met with the Board to discuss crew
housing !ssues in the County and pro-
posednnexations to the City of
Beach]
Prairie West Development
Director, Deb Walworth, met with the
Board to update them on Vision West
ND and Prairie West Development
projects.
DES Director Brenda Frieze met
with the Board to discuss the narrow
banding grant and the County 7%
match for this grant. The Board
agreed to take the 7% match out of
the General Contingency Fund.
Discussion was also held regarding a
County burn ban. Commissioner
Steffen made a motion to adopt the
following Resolution and
Commissioner Thompson seconded
the motion. Motion carried unani-
mously.
RESOLUTION 2012-13
WHEREAS, the Golden Valley
County Board of County
Commissioners recognizes that cur-
rent conditions have created an
extreme risk to the citizens and prop-
erty within Golden Valley County, ND,
of unnecessary loss by fire; and
WHEREAS, the Board wishes to
regulate activities within the County
which pose a potential hazard for
such loss, should the present weather
conditions continue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
HEREBY RESOLVED GOLDEN VAL-
LEY COUNTY IS DECLARED
UNDER A FIRE EMERGENCY
ORDER AND A BURN BAN tS IN
FORCE.
1. No travel is to be allowed
off of surfaced roadways normally
used for vehicular traffic except as
necessary for normal farmer/rancher
or industry operations.
2. Industrial operating crews
and farmer/rancher operations shall
have fire extinguishers and normal
fire-fighting equipment at hand, and
industrial personnel shall remain at
the job site for one-half hour after
daily operations are completed.
3. Smoking is restricted to
inside of vehicles or buildings.
4. Building, maintaining,
attending or using a fire or campfire
except within a developed recreation
site equipped with metal fire rings or
with elevated charcoal or propane
grills is prohibited. Developed recre-
ation site is a cleared area specifically
designated for camping/campfires.
5. The burn ban is in effect for
Golden Valley County when the Fire
Index is in the High, Very High or
Extreme category until further notice.
Pursuant to NDCC 37-17.1-10,
any person who willfully violates the
burning ban established by this reso-
lution is guilty of a Class B
Misdemeanor (Up to 30 days in jail
and a $1000.00 fine), and restitution
of fire suppression costs may be
sought from the court.
Dated at Beach, ND, the 3rd day
of July, 2012.
By: Golden Valley County, North
Dakota David
Quale, Board Chairman
Attest
Brenda Frieze, GV Co. EM
Crews Available for Fall Construction!
Bids
SECTION 00100
County, North Dakota, until 11:30 ,
September 4 2012, at which time they
will be publically opened and read
aloud for the furnishing of materials,
labor, equipment and skill required for
the construction of Crushing and
Stockpiling Gravel and incidental
items in and for said Billings County,
as is more fully described and set
forth in the plans and specifications
therefore, which are now on file in the
office of the Billings County Auditor.
Bids shall be upon cash payment
on the following estimated quantities
and types of work:
Crushing and Stockpiling Gravel
$1/2 Section 14, 7. 142 N., R. 98 W
50,000 CY
The contract documents are on file
and may be examined at the follow-
ing:
Billings County Auditor, 495 4th St,
Medora, North Dakota
Kadrmas, Lee and Jackson, 677
27th Avenue East, Dickinson, North
Dakota
Complete digital project bidding
documents are available at
www.kljeng.com "Client Zone" or
www.questcdn.com. You may down-
load the digital plan documents for
$15.00 by inputting Quest project
#2184254 on the website's Project
Search page. Please contact
QuestCDN at (952) 233-1632 or
info@questcdn.com for assistance in
free membership registration, down-
loading, and working with this digital
project information. Please contact us
at 701-483-1284 if you have any
questions.
All bids are to be submitted on the
basis of cash payment for the work
and materials, and each bid shall be
accompanied by a separate envelope
containing the contractor's license
and bid security. The bid security
must be in a sum equal to five per
cent (5%) of the full amount of the bid
and must be in the form of a bidder's
bond. A bidder's bond must be exe-
cuted by the bidder as principal and
by a surety company authorized to do
business in this state, conditioned
that if the principal's bid be accepted
and the contract awarded to the prin-
cipal, the principal, within ten (10)
days after notice of award, will exe-
cute and effect a contract in accor-
dance with the terms of his bid and
the bid bond as required by the laws
of the State of North Dakota and the
regulations and determinations of the
governing body. If a successful bidder
does not execute a contract within ten
(10) days allowed, the bidder's bond
must be forfeited to the governing
body and the project awarded to the
next lowest responsible bidder.
All bidders, except a bidd#r on a
,munictlaa't al'ld;iu$t water
..sply p?bjeqt "isirig " t'uds' r6v,'Ld#
uWdr P.0blie, Ea/'N6: 99-'294[tg
Stat. 426, 43 U.S.C. 390a], must be
licensed for the full amount of the bid
as required by Section 430705 and
43-07-12 of the North Dakota Century
Code.
The successful Bidder will be
required to furnish Contract
Performance 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. A
single contract will be awarded for the
work.
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 enve-
lope the following information:
1. The work covered by the
bidder
2. The name of the bidder
3. Separate envelope contain-
ing bid bond and a copy of
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 submit-
ted will be resealed and returned to
the Bidder immediately.
The work on the improvement will
be completed by December 15, 2012.
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
required 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 $200 per day and every
day that the completion of the work is
delayed. The Contractor and his sure-
ty will be liable for any excess. Such
payment will be as and for liquidated
damages.
If special accommodations are
needed, please notify the auditor so
that appropriate aids can be made
available.
Dated this 30th day of July, 2012
BILLINGS COUNTY, NORTH
DAKOTA
s/Joan Jurgens
Billings County Auditor
(August 16,23, and 30)
Put Your Money
Where Your house Zsl
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enthusiasts who create the maga-
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Dickinson State University medal at an Olympic games him and his countf-y," said Pete
alumnus and 15-time NAIA All- earned by any Bahamian men's Stanton. head track and field
American Ramon Miller secured team. Miller also represented the coach at DSU. "Ramon is a quali-
the team gold medal as he ran Bahamas in both the 200-meter ty individual and has represented
anchor leg for the Bahamian and 400-meter dash during the himself, his family, his country,
men's 4x400 relay team earlier 2012 London Summer Olympic and our university to the best of
today. This is the first time a Games. his abilities. This was definitely a
Bahamian men's 4x400 relay team 'Tin just incredibly excited for landmark day for Ramon, the
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State land board
The ate Land Board is encour-
aging fie and ambuhmce services
and otter political subdivisions
responsible for emergency
response within the oil and gas pro-
ducing area to apply for grant
funds available to address the
direct impacts from energy devel-
opment.
Emergency response services
experiencing impacts as a result of
oil and gas development are eligi-
ble for grants to fund specific
improvements and training. Grant
applications should be submitted to
the Energy Infrastructure and
Impact Office, which operates the
grant program on behalf of the
Land Board. Applications will be
accepted until 11:59 p.m. cdst,
Sept.9, 2012.
Grant requests for one-time
projects that enhance public safety
will receive priority consideration.
Funding is available to support fire
departments, ambulance services,
police departments, sheriff offices
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and other political subdivisions
that face challenges created by
rapid development.
The Land Board, made up of
Governor Jack Dalrymple,
Secretary of State AI Jaeger,
Attorney General Wayne
Stenehjem, State Treasurer Kelly
Schmidt and Superintendent of
Public Instruction Wayne Sanstead,
will award approximately $4 mil-
lion in energy impact grants in late
September for emergency services.
Other eligible political subdivi-
sions will be encouraged to submit
grant applications in the upcoming
months to address other impacts
from rapid development.
In July 2012 the Land Board
authorized $37.6 million in impact
grants for city infrastructure proj-
ects and $625,000 for childcare
facilities realizing impacts, bring-
ing the total grants awarded in the
biennium to $115 million. Awards
this biennium include $91 million
for city infrastructure. $12 million
energy impact grant applications
for emergency response, $5 million
to schools for temporary portable
classrooms, $2 million for town-
ship roads, $625,000 for childcare
needs and $4 million awarded for
infrastructure to schools, law
enforcement, parks, and to address
safety issues. Approximately $9
million remains for the three grant
rounds during the remainder of the
2011-2013 biennium ending June
30, 2013
Applications and additional
information are available on the
North Dakota Energy Impact web
site: www.nd.gov/energyimpact.
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