$40 by inputting eBidDoc #7816262
on the website’s Project Search
page. Please contact QuestCDN.
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membership registration, download-
ject information. Project bidding do-
cuments are also available at the Is-
suing Office – City of Minot En-
gineering Department 1025 31st St
SE and are available for purchase
for $75. Potential bidders may con-
tact the Assistant City Engineer at
701-857-4100 with any questions.
separate envelope containing the
percent 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
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bidder’s bond in a sum equal to 5%
of the full amount of the bid execut-
ed by the bidder as principal and by
a surety, conditioned that if the
principal’s bid is accepted and a
contract is awarded to the principal,
the principal, within ten (10) days
after the notice of the award, shall
execute a contract in accordance
with the terms of the bid and the bid
bond, and any conditions of the City
of Tioga, as required by law. A
countersignature of a bid bond is not
required. If the City of Tioga elects
to award a contract to the lowest
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The Ward County Library continues to operate as usual, although it has had to dip into its cash reserves due to a budgeting error that reduced its tax collections.
A budget shortfall has left the Ward County Library in a dilemma.
The Ward County Commission tabled any decision after examining its options Tuesday.
The library’s cash on hand was over-estimated by about $167,000 in both 2020 and 2021 budgets, according to County Auditor/Treasurer Marisa Haman. As a result, the mill levy was lower than needed to cover expenses. The library has been using cash reserves to sustain its budgeted expenditures, including using most of the money set aside for future bookmobile replacement.
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Tax statements are in the mail to Ward County property owners, and Surrey School District property owners can expect the biggest change.
The school levy of $1,174 on a $200,000 home is up from $914 this past year.
The district reports its taxpayers received a break this past year after Ward County declined to accept all the district’s submitted certificates of levy, reducing its desired revenue by about $160,000. The current increase in levy results from the need to go to the maximum-allowed levy to recover a portion of the loss.
Ward County Auditor Marisa Haman, who was deputy auditor at the time, said the Surrey school had submitted various levy updates. Following the advice of the State’s Attorney, the office declined to accept the last update due to arriving after the submission deadline.