PUBLISH

(March 12, 19, 26,

2024)

ADVERTISEMENT

FOR BIDS

2024 Street & Storm

Sewer Improvements

City of Courtland

Courtland, MN

RECEIPT AND OPEN-

ING OF PROPO-

SALS: Proposals for

the work described

below will be received

online through

QuestCDN.com until

2:00 pm on April 2,

2024, at which time the

bids will be opened

and publicly read at the

office of the City Clerk,

City of Courtland, 329

Main Street, Courtland,

MN 56021.

DESCRIPTION OF

WORK: The work in-

cludes the construction

of approximately:

EXCAVATION – COM-

MON 5,034 CU YD;

AGGREGATE BASE,

CLASS 5 1,134 CU

YD; BITUMINOUS

MIXTURE 1,820 TON;

12″-15″ STORM

SEWER PIPE 395 LIN

FT; 4″ SEWER SER-

VICE PIPE (TRENCH-

LESS) 580 LIN FT; 1″

WATER SERVICE

(TRENCHLESS) 615

LIN FT; CONSTRUCT

DRAINAGE STRUC-

TURE 36.5 LIN FT;

CONCRETE WALK

1,828 SQ FT; CON-

CRETE CURB 2,440

LIN FT; TRAFFIC

CONTROL 1 LS;

COMMON TOPSOIL

BORROW 600 CU YD;

ROLLED EROSION

PREVENTION 4,662

SQ YD

together with

numerous related

items of work, all in ac-

cordance with Plans

and Specifications.

This project is subject

to Responsible Con-

tractor Certification.

COMPLETION OF

WORK: All work

under the Contract

must be complete by

June 27, 2025.

PLAN HOLDERS

LIST, ADDENDUMS

AND BID TABULA-

TION: The plan hold-

ers list, addendums

and bid tabulations will

be available for down-

load on-line at

www.questcdn.com or

www.bolton-menk.com.

TO OBTAIN BID DO-

CUMENTS: Complete

digital project bidding

documents are avail-

able at

www.questcdn.com or

www.bolton-menk.com.

You may view the digi-

tal plan documents for

free by entering Quest

project #9007139 on

the website’s Project

Search page. Docu-

ments may be down-

loaded for $50.00.

Please contact

QuestCDN.com at

952-233-1632 or

info@questcdn.com for

assistance in free

membership registra-

tion, viewing, down-

loading, and working

with this digital project

information.

BID SUBMITTAL: A

bid shall be submitted

online no later than the

date and time

prescribed. For this

project, the Owner will

only be accepting on-

line electronic bids

through QuestCDN.

To access the electron-

ic bid form, download

the project document

and click online bidding

button at the top of the

advertisement. Pros-

pective bidders must

be on the plan holders

list through QuestCDN

for bids to be accepted.

BID SECURITY: A

Proposal Bond in the

amount of not less than

5 percent of the total

amount bid, drawn in

favor of City of Court-

land shall accompany

each bid.

OWNER’S RIGHTS

RESERVED: The

Owner reserves the

right to reject any or all

bids and to waive any

irregularities and infor-

malities therein and to

award the Contract to

other than the lowest

bidder if, in their discre-

tion, the interest of the

Owner would be best

served thereby.

DATED: March 7, 2024

/S/ Julie Holm City

Clerk Published:

QuestCDN: March

12, 2024 The Journal:

March 12, 2024, March

19, 2024, March 26,

2024

PUBLISH

(March 21, 26, 2024)

NOTICE OF SOLICI-

TATION OF WRITTEN

COMMENTS

NOTICE is hereby

given that Heartland

Energy, on behalf of

New Ulm Public Utili-

ties, is requesting writ-

ten comments from the

Customers of New Ulm

Public Utilities’ munici-

pal electric system.

Comments can relate

to:

– Current electric con-

servation measures

that are being used in

the city of New Ulm

– Both power supply

and energy conserva-

tion options for meeting

the future electric

needs of New Ulm, in-

cluding but not limited

to:

– Preferred generation

resources/fuel types

– Use of demand side

resources including

load management and

time-based rates

– Relative importance

of outcomes (cost, reli-

ability, environmental

impacts, etc.)

– Offer ideas and pro-

mote the efficient use

of electricity in New

Ulm

This public solicitation

for written comments is

being conducted to

comply with a federal

regulation, which re-

qires New Ulm, Public

Utilities to seek public

participatin regarding

the implementation of

an integrated Resource

Plan (IRP). Comments

will be considered in

the development of the

IRP. New Ulm Public

Utilities must adopt an

IRP in order to contin-

ue to receive its alloca-

tion of electric hydro-

power from Western

Area Power Adminis-

tration. Hearland Ener-

gy, one of New Ulm’s

power suppliers, is as-

sisting with this project

and will accept com-

ments for 10 days fol-

lowing this notice.

Please send written

comments to Heartland

Energy, PO Box 248,

Madison, SD 57042;

Attn: Adam Graff.

Heartland will also be

accepting comments

electronically via the

email address,

IRP@heartlandenergy.

com

PUBLISH

(March 26, 2024)

State of Minnesota

County of Brown

Township of Cotton-

wood Seeking Quotes

The Cottonwood

Township Board is

seeking quotes for sup-

plying, crushing, load-

ing and hauling 1,500

tons (more or less) of

crushed class 5 gravel.

The gravel must meet

DOT specifications for

crushed gravel. The

contractor must have

sufficient equipment to

place the gravel on the

township roads in no

more than 10 consecu-

tive working days. Be-

fore starting, the con-

tractor shall notify the

Supervisors and supply

a gradation report. The

work must be complet-

ed no later than June

30, 2024. Contractor

shall indicate location

of pit the gravel will

come from. All loads

shall be weighed and

weight slips shall be

turned over to the

township when pay-

ment is requested.

Certificate of insurance

must be included with

quote. Quotes must be

marked as a quote on

the outside and re-

ceived by the Town-

ship Clerk prior to the

April regular meeting,

which will be held

Tuesday, April 9, 2024,

at 6:00 pm. If there are

any questions contact

Darv Turbes, Supervi-

sor Chairman. Quotes

may be sent to: Cotton-

wood Township Clerk,

Lisa Leskey Graveling

Quotes 11562 Co Rd

24 New Ulm, MN

56073

PUBLISH

(March 26, 2024)

SUMMARY PUBLICA-

TION OF ORDI-

NANCE NO. 2024-082

CITY OF NEW ULM,

BROWN COUNTY,

MINNESOTA

AN ORDINANCE

AMENDING APPEN-

DIX A TO THE NEW

ULM CITY CODE,

THE ZONING ORDI-

NANCE OF THE CITY

OF NEW ULM, TO

REDUCE THE

RESIDENTIAL PARK-

ING REQUIREMENT

FROM 2 SPACES TO

1 SPACE IN THE

DOWNTOWN (B-4 /

CENTRAL BUSI-

NESS) ZONING DIS-

TRICT

Summary: Ordinance

No. 2024-082 amends

Appendix A of the New

Ulm City Code, the

Zoning Ordinance of

the City of New Ulm,

Tables 9-4 (B-4

Residential Develop-

ment Standards) and

10-10 (Minimum

Off-Street Parking

Standards), by reduc-

ing the minimum

number of required

parking spaces for

residential uses in the

B-4 zoning district from

2 per unit to 1.

The complete text of

Ordinance No.

2024-082 may be ob-

tained at no charge

from the Office of the

Finance Director at

City Hall, 100 North

Broadway, New Ulm,

MN 56073, or on the

City’s website:

www.newulmmn.gov.