Legals for August, 16 2020

No. 27194 CALL FOR BIDS VEHICLES - SHERIFF'S OFFICE Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Flathead County, Montana, will receive bids for the purchase of four (4) new, crew-cab, four wheel drive, short-box police package or special service vehicle pickup trucks and three (3) new, four wheel drive, police package or special service vehicle sport utility vehicles. All vehicles will be GRAY in color and delivered to the Flathead County Sheriff's Office. Bids must include the delivery cost to Kalispell, Montana. Bidders may submit contracts to include all for all seven (7) vehicles or in part for individual vehicles. Specifications for these vehicles are available at the Flathead County Commissioners' Office, 800 South Main, Room 302, Kalispell, MT, at the Flathead County Sheriff's Office, 920 South Main, Suite 100, Kalispell, MT, and online at https://flathead.mt.gov/commissioner. Each bidder must deposit with the bid a security in the amount of $2,500.00 to secure the bidder's express covenant that if the bidder is awarded the contract, the bidder will, within ten (10) days, enter into a formal contract for the purchase and sale of said units. Bid security shall be payable to Flathead County and shall be in the form of lawful money of the United States: a cashier's check, certified check, bank money order, bank draft, or bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in Montana. The bidder shall include with the bid the form of contract(s) to be signed. The terms of said contract(s), including maintenance and warranty provisions, will be considered in determining the bid which best serves Flathead County's interests. The County reserves the right to negotiate terms of said contracts, excluding prices, contained therein. All sealed bids, plainly marked "SEALED BID - SHERIFF'S VEHICLES" must be in the hands of the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners, 800 South Main, Room 302, Kalispell, Montana 59901, on or before 5:00 PM on August 26, 2020. Bids will be opened and read at 10:00 AM on August 27, 2020 in the Commissioners' Chambers, Third Floor, County Courthouse, Kalispell, Montana. The award of bid will be made solely by the issuance of a letter of award to the successful bidder by the Board of Flathead County Commissioners. Flathead County reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to waive any irregularities which are deemed to be in the best interest of the County. Dated this 4th day of August, 2020. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By: /s/ Pamela J. Holmquist Pamela J. Holmquist, Chairman August 9, 16, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27201 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED FY21 BUDGET ADOPTION HUNGRY HORSE RURAL FIRE DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of Flathead County, Montana, acting in the absence of a Fire District Board of Trustees of Hungry Horse Fire District, has completed the Proposed Budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year and that said budget is on file in the Flathead County Finance Office, 800 South Main, Room 214, Kalispell, Montana. This document is open to public inspection. The Board will meet on the 1st day of September, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. for the purpose of holding a hearing, fixing the final budget, and making appropriations. Said meeting is to be held in the Commissioners' Chambers, located on the third floor of the County Courthouse at 800 South Main in Kalispell, Montana. Any taxpayer or resident may appear at the hearing and will be heard for or against any part of the proposed budget amendment. For further information, please contact Amy Dexter, Finance Director, 800 South Main, Room 214, Kalispell, Montana 59901, Telephone (406) 758-5538. Written comments are encouraged and will be reviewed by the Commissioners prior to the hearing if received by the Flathead County Commissioners' Office at least three business days prior to the hearing. DATED this 13th day of August, 2020. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By: /s/ Pamela J. Holmquist Pamela J Holmquist, Chairman August 16, 23, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27202 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: FY21 PERMISSIVE SHERIFF RETIREMENT LEVY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of Flathead County, Montana, will hold a public hearing to receive comment from the public on the Board's intention to levy for the Permissive Sheriff Retirement Levy for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. The Permissive Sheriff Retirement Levy is used to pay for increased employer contributions for the Sheriff Retirement Program for County employees and is not subject to the statutory limitations on increases in County mill levies. The public hearing will be held on the 1st day of September, 2020 at 9:00 o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners' Chambers, Third Floor, County Courthouse, 800 South Main, Kalispell, Montana. Any taxpayer or resident may appear at the hearing and will be heard concerning the Board's intention to levy for the 2020-2021 fiscal year Permissive Sheriff Retirement Levy. For further information, contact Amy Dexter, Finance Director, 800 South Main, Room 214, Kalispell, Montana, 59901, telephone: (406) 758-5538, email: adexter@flathead.mt.gov. Written comments are encouraged and will be reviewed by the Commissioners prior to the hearing if received by the Flathead County Commissioners' Office at least three business days prior to the hearing. DATED this 13th day of August, 2020. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By: /s/ Pamela J. Holmquist Pamela J. Holmquist, Chairman August 16, 23, 2020 MNAXLP _________________________

No. 27203 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: ABANDONMENT OF PORTION OF SPRING PRAIRIE ROAD PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WHITEFISH, MT Notice is hereby given that the Board of Viewers has reported to the Flathead County Board of Commissioners on the proposed abandonment of that certain public right-of-way in Whitefish, Montana that can legally be described as follows: A portion of Spring Prairie Road in the West 1/2, Section 34, Township 30 North, Range 22 West, Flathead County, Montana Notice is hereby given to the petitioners or landowners, as disclosed by the last assessment roll of Flathead County, owning land abutting the portion of the Spring Prairie Road right-of-way, as described above, that it is being considered for abandonment. The public hearing on this petition for the proposed abandonment is set for August 27, 2020 at 10:30 o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners' Chambers, Third Floor, County Courthouse, 800 South Main, Kalispell, Montana. For further information, please call 758-5537. DATED this 13th day of August, 2020. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By: /s/ Pamela J. Holmquist Pamela J. Holmquist, Chairman August 16, 23, 2020 MNAXLP _________________________

No. 27204 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: FY21 PERMISSIVE MEDICAL LEVY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 2-9-212, M.C.A., that the Board of Commissioners of Flathead County, Montana, will hold a public hearing to receive comment from the public on the Board's intention to levy for the Permissive Medical Levy for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. The Permissive Medical Levy is used to pay for premium contributions for the group health insurance program for County employees and is not subject to the statutory limitations on increases in County mill levies. The public hearing will be held on the 1st day of September 2020 at 9:00 o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners' Chambers, Third Floor, County Courthouse, 800 South Main, Kalispell, Montana. Any taxpayer or resident may appear at the hearing and will be heard concerning the Board's intention to levy for the 2020-2021 fiscal year Permissive Medical Levy. For further information, contact Amy Dexter, Finance Director, 800 South Main, Room 214, Kalispell, Montana, 59901, telephone: (406) 758-5538, email: adexter@flathead.mt.gov. Written comments are encouraged and will be reviewed by the Commissioners prior to the hearing if received by the Flathead County Commissioners' Office at least three business days prior to the hearing. DATED this 13th day of August, 2020. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By: /s/ Pamela J. Holmquist Pamela J. Holmquist, Chairman August 16, 23, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27205 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: FY21 PROPOSED BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of Flathead County, Montana, has completed the Proposed Budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. Said budget is on file at the Flathead County Finance Office, 800 South Main, Room 214, Kalispell, Montana, and is open to public inspection. The Board will meet on the 1st day of September, 2020 at 9:00 o'clock a.m. for the purpose of holding a hearing, fixing the annual budget, and making appropriations. Said hearing will be held in the Commissioners' Chambers, Third Floor, County Courthouse, 800 South Main, Kalispell, Montana. Any taxpayer or resident may appear at the hearing and will be heard for or against any part of the Proposed FY21 Budget. For further information, contact Amy Dexter, Finance Director, via telephone: (406) 758-5538 or email: adexter@flathead.mt.gov. Written comments are encouraged and will be reviewed by the Commissioners prior to the hearing if received by the Flathead County Commissioners' Office at least three business days prior to the hearing. DATED this 13th day of August, 2020. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By: /s/ Pamela J. Holmquist Pamela J. Holmquist, Chairman August 16, 23, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27214 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FLATHEAD COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT The Flathead County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on the items listed below on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 beginning at 6:00 PM in the Expo Building of the Flathead County Fairgrounds, 265 N Meridian Road, Kalispell, MT. Due to the Governor's Directive dated July 15, 2020, "a mask or face covering is required for ages five and older." A request by James Gelormino for a conditional use permit for a RV, boat, and mini-storage on property located at 628 Willow Glen Drive, Kalispell, MT, within the Willow Glen Zoning District. The property is zoned R-5 (Two-Family Residential) and contains approximately 2.35 acres that can legally be described as Lot 12 of Block 1 of Greenacres located in Section 20, Township 28 North, Range 21 West, P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana. A request by Rob Koelzer, Schellinger Construction Company, for Section 16 Family Limited Partnership to modify a condition of approval of FCU-05-07. The condition requested to be modified is to allow the operation of a concrete and/or asphalt batch plant on an existing gravel extraction operation located at 3427 Farm to Market Road. The property contains approximately 160 acres and can be described as the northwest quarter of Section 16, Township 29 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M. Flathead County, Montana. All decisions made by the Board of Adjustment are considered final actions. Interested parties are encouraged to attend the meeting to make their views or concerns known to the Board. Written comments are strongly encouraged and should be received by the Flathead County Planning & Zoning Office, no later than 5:00 pm, September 1, 2020. Information and documents pertaining to the above requests are on file in the Flathead County Planning & Zoning Office, 40 11th Street West, Ste 220 Kalispell, MT 59901, and may be reviewed during regular office hours, or you may call (406) 751-8200 for more information. Please note agenda items are subject to change without notice. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting Elaine Nelson at the Flathead County Commissioner's Office at 758-5503 or TTY (800) 335-7592, or call Montana Relay at 711. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation. /s/ Mark Mussman Mark Mussman, CFM® Planning Director August 16, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27215 NOTICE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST FOR FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT The Flathead County Floodplain Administrator has received the following Floodplain Development Permit application: FDP-20-04 A request by Ryan Porkorny for a permit for the placement of a dock within the 100-year floodplain of Flathead River. The applicant proposes to place a 24 foot long and 3 foot wide dock in the floodplain. The applicant has provided documentation that the project is exempt from 404 permit and a copy of the 310 permit. The project is located on Hanging Rock Drive in Bigfork on Tract 10R Boatslip-15 in Section 23, Township 27 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana. The complete application may be viewed at our office. Written or oral comments concerning the above requests should be directed to the Floodplain Administrator at the Flathead County Planning & Zoning Office, South Campus Building, 40 11TH Street West, Suite 220, Kalispell, Montana 59901, (406) 751-8200. Comments should be received by 5:00 PM on Thursday, September 3, 2020. /s/ Mark Mussman Mark Mussman, CFM® Planning Director Flatd County Planning & Zoning August 16, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27216 CALL FOR BID UTILITY MACHINE Notice is hereby given that the Solid Waste District Board will receive bids for the purchase of ONE (1) Utility Machine that is new for the Flathead County Solid Waste District. A copy of the Utility Machine specifications along with instructions to bidders, and contract documents for this equipment are available from Flathead County Solid Waste District, 4098 Highway 93 N, Kalispell, MT 59901. If a bidder has any questions, they can contact the Jim Chilton, Operations Manager at (406) 758-5773 Each bidder must deposit with his bid, a bid security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of his bid to secure the bidder's express covenant that if the bidder is awarded the contract, the bidder will, within ten (10) days, enter into a formal contract for the purchase and sale of said Utility Machine. Bid security shall be payable to Flathead County and shall be in the form of lawful money of the United States; a cashier's check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft issued by a Montana bank, or bid bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in Montana. Where bids and quality of product are comparable, preferences will be given to equipment of Montana production and to Montana resident bidders over non-residents, if an appropriate affidavit under Section 18-1-113, M.C.A., accompanies the bid. The bidder shall include with the bid a contract form to be executed by the parties. The District reserves the right to negotiate the terms of said proposed contract (excluding prices contained therein) and to consider the terms of said proposed contract in determining the award of bid. All sealed bids, plainly marked "SEALED BID - ONE NEW UTILITY MACHINE" must be in the hands of the Flathead County Solid Waste District, 4098 Hwy 93 N., Kalispell, Montana 59901, on or before 1:00 p.m., on September 3, 2020 . Bids will be opened and read shortly thereafter on September 3, 2020 in the Solid Waste District Office, 4098 Hwy 93 N., Kalispell, Montana. The award of bid will be made solely by the issuance of a letter of award to the successful bidder by the Office of the Flathead County Solid Waste District. The Solid Waste District reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to waive any irregularities, which are deemed to be in the best interest of the County. Dated this August 13, 2020 FLATHEAD COUNTY SOLID WASTE DISTRICT BY: /s/ Jim Chilton, Operations Manager ATTEST: /s/ Deborah Morine August 16, 23, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27196 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. MT-20-12 August 10, 2020 PURPOSE OF PUBLIC NOTICE The purpose of this notice is to state the Department's intention to issue a wastewater discharge permit to the facility listed in this notice. This permit is issued by the Department under the authority of 75-5-402, Montana Code Annotated (MCA) and the Administrative Rules of Montana 17.30.1001 et seq., Montana Ground Water Pollution Control System (MGWPCS). The Water Protection Bureau has prepared a draft permit for the facility listed below. Copies of the draft permit, fact sheet, and environmental assessment are available upon request from the Water Protection Bureau or on the Department's website www.deq.mt.gov APPLICANT INFORMATION APPLICANT: Weyerhaeuser NR FACILITY NAME: Weyerhaeuser Columbia Falls Operations FACILITY LOCATION: Columbia Falls Section 07, Township 30 North, Range 20 West Latitude: 48.37854, Longitude: -114.20434 Flathead County RECEIVING WATER: Class I Ground Water PERMIT NUMBER: MTX000092 A tentative determination has been made to reissue a Montana Ground Water Pollution Control System (MGWPCS) wastewater discharge permit to Weyerhaeuser NR (permittee) for the existing Columbia Falls Operations (CFO). The CFO is a timber products facility bordering and northwest of the City of Columbia Falls. The permittee currently discharges industrial wastewater streams associated with the operation and maintenance of the hog fuel boiler, log decks, and storm water. The permit reauthorizes discharge from three on-site structures as identified below: Outfall Description 003 Log Pond (Lower Log Pond) Location: Infiltration pond located Southeast 1/4 of Section 7, Township 30 North, Range 20 West Latitude: 48.37462, Longitude: -114.20415 Steve Bullock, Governor I Shaun McGrath, Director I P.O. Box 200901 I Helena, MT 59620-0901 I (406) 444-2544 I www.deq.mt.gov Public Notice No: MT-20-12 Page 2 of 2 004 Overflow Area Location: Infiltration area located Northwest 1/4 of Section 7, Township 30 North, Range 20 West Latitude: 48.37865, Longitude: -114.20925 006 Boiler Ditch Location: Infiltration ditch located Southeast 1/4 of Section 7, Township 30 North, Range 20 West Latitude: 48.37620, Longitude: -114.19885 The receiving water for the discharge structures is shallow ground water. The receiving water is Class I ground water as defined by Administrative Rules of Montana, 17.30.1006. PUBLIC COMMENT Public comments are invited ANYTIME PRIOR TO CLOSE OF BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 9, 2020. Comments may be directed to the DEQ Water Quality Division, Water Protection Bureau, PO Box 200901, Helena, MT 59620. All comments received or postmarked PRIOR TO CLOSE OF BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 9, 2020, will be considered in the formulation of final determinations to be imposed on the permit. If you wish to comment electronically, you may e-mail DEQWPBPublicComments@mt.gov. During the public comment period provided by the notice, the Department will accept requests for a public hearing. A request for a public hearing must be in writing and must state the nature of the issue proposed to be raised in the hearing (ARM 17.30.1024). The Department will respond to all substantive comments and issue a final decision within sixty days of this notice or as soon as possible thereafter. Additional information may be obtained upon request by calling (406) 444-5546 or by writing to the aforementioned address. The complete administrative record, including permit application and other pertinent information, is maintained at the Water Protection Bureau office in Helena and is available for review during business hours. PUBLIC NOTICE NO. MT-20-12 September 9, 2020 August 16, 2020 MNAXLP

No. 27198 INVITATION TO BID BIGFORK COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT BAY SEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT Separate sealed bids for construction of Bigfork County Water and Sewer District Bay Sewer Main Replacement Project will be received by the Bigfork County Water and Sewer District at 108 Harbor Heights Blvd., PO Box 1108, Bigfork, MT 59911 until 2:00 p.m. local time on September 9, 2020, and then publicly opened and read aloud. The project generally consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, the following major items: installing a low pressure sewer system, installation of grinder pump stations, abandonment of existing gravity sewer, bypass pumping, demolition of existing lift station equipment, installation of lift station wet well, installation of package lift station, installation of stationary natural gas generator, installation of gravity sewer mains, installation of manholes, force mains, and site restoration. The Contract Documents consisting of half-size Drawings and Project Manual may be viewed or obtained by either electronic documents on-line, or a hard copy at the office of Morrison-Maierle, Inc., Kalispell, MT. Only firms obtaining documents by these methods will be placed on the Planholders List. Complete electronic Project Plans, Project Specifications, and Bid Proposal Packet are available on the Morrison-Maierle, Inc. website "www.m-m.net", scroll down and click on the "Project Bidding" banner, follow the link, "Browse Projects" as needed, and select this project from the project list. Documents can only be viewed on the Morrison-Maierle, Inc. website, and cannot be downloaded or printed without purchasing. To purchase and download the project documents in pdf format, click "Download Project PDF" and sign on to QuestCDN.com or join for a free membership. Plan documents can be downloaded for a fee of $40.00. Please contact QuestCDN at 952-233-1632 or email "info@questcdn.com" for assistance in the free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. There will be a Pre-Bid Conference at the office of Bigfork Water and Sewer District at 2:00 p.m. on August 20, 2020. The Pre-Bid Conference may be attended via telephone at 1-855-296-9103 or 1-406-751-5896 and enter 533461 for the conference ID. Interested CONTRACTORS are encouraged to attend either in person or via telephone. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for the public opening of the Bids specified above. The right is reserved to reject any or all Proposals received, to waive informalities, to postpone the award of the contract for a period of not to exceed sixty (60) days, and to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid which is in the best interest of the Bigfork County Water and Sewer District. August 9, 16, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________