PUBLISH
(November 17, 25,
December 1, 2011)
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
New Ulm Power
Plant - 2400 Volt Sys-
tem Improvements
New Ulm Public
Utilities Commission
Notice is hereby given
that sealed Bids will be
received by the New
Ulm Public Utilities
Commission
(Owner) until 2:00 pm
on Friday, December
9, 2011 at the City of
New Ulm Council
Chambers at 100
North Broadway in
New Ulm, Minnesota,
at which time they will
be publicly opened and
read aloud, for the fur-
nishing of all labor and
material for the New
Ulm Power Plant -
2400 Volt System Im-
provements.
Description of Work:
1) Furnish, Install and
Commission new 13.2
kV and 2.4 kV
switchgear lineup
2) Provide various con-
duits and cable runs
from new switchgear
to existing and new
electrical equipment
supporting operation of
existing power plant
facility
3) Furnish and Install
panelboards,
transformers and
disconnect switches
supporting operation of
existing power plant
facility
Specifications and bid
documents may be ob-
tained at the office of
Power System En-
gineering, Inc., 609 3rd
Street, Prinsburg, MN
56281.
The Bidder shall in-
clude evidence of hav-
ing satisfactorily ac-
complished (3) similar
electrical system in-
stallations during the
past three (3) years.
The bidder shall sub-
mit the proposal on the
forms provided. The
proposal shall be filled
in clearly and correctly
with ink or typewriter.
The proposal shall be
signed in ink by the in-
dividual, members of
the partnership, or by
one or more officers of
the corporation making
the proposal.
No proposal will be ac-
cepted unless accom-
panied by a certified
check or bid bond for
at least five percent
(5%) of the amount of
the proposal, payable
to the Owner as a
guarantee that if the
proposal is accepted,
the Bidder will execute
and file the required
proper contract and
performance bond
within five (5) days
after award of the
Contract. Bid and per-
formance bonds shall
be issued by a surety
company licensed to
do business in the
State of Minnesota.
The certified checks of
all except the two (2)
selected bidders will
be returned within five
(5) days of the opening
of the bids, and bid
bonds will be canceled
as soon as the perfor-
mance bond and con-
tract are signed. If
after five (5) days, the
Successful Bidder
shall fail to comply
with the provisions of
the Contract Docu-
ments, the bid bond
shall be forfeited to the
Owner as liquidated
damages. The bid,
agreement, and bonds
shall be conditioned
upon compliance with
all provisions of the bid
documents.
Questions and in-
quiries regarding the
project shall be direct-
ed to:
Josh L. Mulder, P.E.
Power System En-
gineering, Inc.
609 3rd Street
Prinsburg, MN 56281
(320) 978-8022
mulderj@
powersystem.org
The owner reserves
the right to reject any
or all bids, to waive
any informality in a
bid, and to make
awards in the interest
of the owner.
PUBLISH
(November 17, 2011)
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF BROWN
IN DISTRICT COURT
FIFTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT
Case Type 14, Other
Civil
Court File No.
C2-02-87
In the Matter of the
Arthur Bielen Trust
ORDER FOR HEAR-
ING ON THE PETI-
TION TO CONSTRUE
THE TRUST; AND
OTHER RELIEF
It is Ordered and No-
tice is given that on
the 2nd day of De-
cember, 2011, at
10:45 a.m., a hearing
will be held in this
Court at the Brown
County Courthouse,
14 South State Street,
New Ulm, Minnesota,
for the consideration of
the Petition to Con-
strue the Arthur Bielen
Trust, order the
trustee to diversify
trust investments;
prohibit withholding
distributions to heirs;
and ordering changes
to trust accountings
Notice of the hearing
shall be given in accor-
dance with Minn. Stat.
501B.18 as follows: by
publishing as at least
20 days before the
date of the hearing, a
copy of the order for
hearing one time in a
legal newspaper for
the county in which
the petition is filed;
and by mailing, at
least 15 days before
the date of the hear-
ing, a copy of the ord-
er for hearing to those
beneficiaries of the
trust who are known to
or reasonably ascer-
tainable by the peti-
tioner.
Any objections to the
petition must be filed
with the Court prior to
or raised at the hear-
ing.
John R. Rodenberg
Presiding Judge
10/21/2011
Date
Carol Melick
Court Administrator
Linda Stadherr
Deputy