Legals for April, 13 2025

NO. 31069 Montana 11th Judicial District Court Flathead County In the Matter of the Name Change of Anu Harue Sjaardema Fergoda: Anu Harue Sjaardema Fergoda, Petitioner Cause No.: DV-25-386 Notice of Hearing on Name Change AMY EDDY This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Anu Harue Sjaardema Fergoda to Anu Sjaardema Fergoda. The hearing will be on 04/29/2025 at 8:30 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Flathead County. Date: March 13, 2025 Sara Smith Clerk of District Court By: Kristen Skees Deputy Clerk of Court March 23, 30 and April 6, 13, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31081 INVITATION TO BID The City of Kalispell, Montana will receive sealed bids for the UPN 10444 Four Mile Drive Path Kalispell TA 6735(7) project. The project primarily consists of furnishing materials, labor, and equipment required to complete the construction of a concrete multiuse path including a retaining wall and minor street reconstruction. Plans and specifications may be examined through QuestCDN. The City of Kalispell portal to QuestCDN and further bidding instructions and requirements is located on the City of Kalispell website at https://kalispell.com/bids.aspx. The City will be only accepting online electronic bids through QuestCDN. A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held in the City Hall First Floor Conference Room, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901 at 2:00 pm on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Interested Bidders are encouraged to attend the Pre-Bid Meeting. Bids will be received by QuestCDN until 2:00 pm on Thursday, April 24, 2025. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the City Hall First Floor Conference Room, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901. Any bidder wishing further information can contact the City of Kalispell Public Works Department, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901. Phone 406-758-7720. Authorized by order of the City Council of the City of Kalispell, Montana, in a regular meeting held on August 19, 2024. City of Kalispell, Aimee Brunckhorst City Clerk & Communications Manager March 30 and April 6, 13, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31093 PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO BID Polson School District #23 Polson High School Addition and Remodel Project Swank Enterprises on behalf of Polson School District #23, Lake County, Polson, Montana is requesting Bids for the High School Core and Shell bid package. This project will take place from the Summer 2025 through the Winter of 2026 and consists of site work, interior build out, and interior finishes,  Bid Package Two – Interior and Final Site Improvements Bid Packages The Contract Documents consisting of Drawings and the Project Specification Manual will be available March 20th, 2025 Documents may be obtained on-line at the Montana Plans Exchanges. It is the bidder’s responsibility to obtain and acknowledge all addenda issued during the bid process.   Bids will be accepted by: 1. Email to leaann@swankenterprises.com 2. Delivered to Lea Ann Noffsinger, Swank Enterprises, 750 W. Reserve Dr. Kalispell, MT 59901. Bids are due before 2:00 PM (local time), Tuesday April 22nd, 2025. Bids must be plainly marked, “Polson High School Remodel & Addition” All Bids must be submitted on the Bid Form found in the Specifications, complete per the Bid Package descriptions and signed by an officer or a person duly authorized to sign Bids. All Bids shall be valid for a period of 45 days after the bid date. Late Bids will not be opened. Access to the site and existing building prior to bidding will be made available upon request. All Subcontractor bids shall include the cost of the following: 1. 1% Montana Gross Receipts Construction Tax. 2. Current Montana State Prevailing Wages. 3. Permits specific to the bid scope of work.   Each Contractor will be required to have a certificate of registration from the Employment Relations Division of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry in the proper classification. Polson School District reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive formalities and to accept the Bid(s) deemed most advantageous to them. All bids will be post-qualified by Swank Enterprises.  Please contact Swank Enterprises with questions or concerns.   Jason Dwight Swank Enterprises 406-885-1081 jasond@swankenterprises.com March 30 and April 6, 13, 20, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31110 West Glacier Elementary #8 Invitation for Bids West Glacier Elementary School is accepting bids for a Transportation Contractor, period beginning with the first day of school for school year 2025-26 and ending with the last day of school for school year 2029-30 to transport elementary school students residing within School District No. 8 to and from school on each day during which school shall be in session. The route is 164 miles with stops at State Road Crew turnaround east of Glacier Haven, Glacier Wilderness, West Glacier School, Montana Raft, and Lake 5, and Columbia Falls Junior High. (Stops subject to change as ridership vacillates). That such transportation shall be furnished by means of a suitable, proper, safe and approved school bus to be provided by the Contractor at their own cost and expense, which school bus shall, in all respects , fully comply with the provisions, requirements, rules, and regulations of the State Highway patrol, State Board of Education and Elementary District No 8, which are now in effect or which may hereinafter be enacted permitting the operation of the vehicle as a school bus. The bus age does not exceed 7 (seven) years at the beginning of the contract period, not exceeding 12 (twelve) years at any time during the contract. Age specification will not be applied to the use of a spare bus. The Contractor must provide a properly certified and competent driver, approved by the State of Montana, for such bus in accordance with the provisions and requirements of the law, and which driver must be a holder of a commercial driver’s license and a School Bus Driver’s Certificate issued by the State Highway Patrol.  Please contact West Glacier Elementary School for a list of additional terms and conditions required for bids: required compliance with pupil transportation laws, required insurance and work comp coverage, required training/inspections and bus specifications.  Bids will be accepted until April 30th, 2025 Rachelle Aldrich District Clerk/Business Manager 406-888-5312 Wclerk@westglacierelementary.org March 31 and April 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31123 SECTION 00 11 16 INVITATION TO BID KALISPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL HVAC UPDGRDES Kalispell Public Schools, Flathead County, Kalispell, Montana is requesting Bids for the KALISPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL HVAC UPGRADES PROJECT expected to take place from late-April of 2025 through mid-August of 2025. The project consists of replacing hot water unit ventilators and upgrading HVAC controls throughout the building.  There will be a Pre-Bid Conference at 3:30 PM (local time) on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. All bidders are to meet at the offices of Morrison-Maierle, Inc, 172 Timberwolf Parkway, Kalispell, MT. A visit to the site shall follow. The Pre-Bid Conference is not mandatory, but all bidders are strongly encouraged to attend. All bidding questions shall be directed to Morrison-Maierle, Inc., Kevin Ireland, at (406) 751-5861 or email to kireland@m-m.net.  Beginning on April 6, 2025, the Contract Documents consisting of Drawings and Project Manual may be viewed or obtained at the Morrison-Maierle, Inc. website “www.m-m.net” by clicking on the “Projects” tab, then click “View our current projects bidding page” and selecting this project from the project list which will direct you to the QuestCDN website. Documents can only be viewed 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. Plan documents and the Bid Proposal Packet can be downloaded for a fee of $50.00. Please contact QuestCDN at 952-233-1632 or email “info@questcdn.com” for assistance in the free membership registration, downloading documents, and working with this digital project information. Only firms obtaining documents by these methods will be placed on the Planholders List. Sealed Bids will be received by the Kalispell Public Schools Business Services office located at 233 1st Avenue East, Kalispell, MT 59901, until 3:00 PM (local time), Wednesday, April 23, 2025. ONLY BIDS RECEIVED AT THE KALISPELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUSINESS SERVICES OFFICE WILL BE CONSIDERED. Facsimile Bids will not be considered. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud on the same day at the same location. All Bids will be taken under advisement with final approval coming from the Board of Trustees of Kalispell Public Schools. All Sealed Bids must be plainly marked, “KALISPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL HVAC UPGRADES PROJECT” All Bids must be submitted on the Bid Form found in the Specifications and signed by an officer or a person duly authorized to sign Bids. All Bids shall be valid for a period of 60 days after the bid date. All Bids must include a Bid Security of ten percent (10%) of the maximum Bid price in the form of a cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, bank draft or Bid Bond payable to Kalispell Public Schools, executed by an acceptable surety. A one-hundred percent (100%) Performance Bond and a separate Payment Bond will be required upon award of the contract. Montana Tax & Wage Rates: 1. A 1% Montana Gross Receipts Tax is applicable to this Project. 2. The Montana State Prevailing Wage Rates are applicable to this Project. Each Contractor will be required to have a certificate of registration from the Employment Relations Division of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry in the proper classification. Kalispell Public Schools reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and combination of Bids, to waive formalities, and to accept the Bids deemed most advantageous to them. Late Bids will not be opened.  Kalispell Public Schools - Business Services Office 233 1st Avenue East Kalispell, MT 59901 Publication dates: April 6, 2025 and April 13, 2025. Published in the Daily Interlake April 6, 13, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31126 Public Notice: On or after April 13th, 2025. Ranger Storage will have a public auction. Gardner Auction Service will conduct the auction at 200 United Drive, Kalispell MT 59901 and at gardnerauction.com. To be sold for cash, the personal items stored at Ranger Storage, 250 S Complex Dr., Kalispell, MT by the following persons: Dylan Smith, Myron Cunnington, Nicholas Higgins, and anyone that has received notice per MCA 70-6-420. Ranger Storage: 282 Fourth Ave WN, Kalispell, MT 59901. Phone 406-755-1102 April 6, 13, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31133 SURPLUS PROPERTY RESOLUTION April 9, 2025 SURPLUS PROPERTY DISPOSAL Bigfork Elementary School District No. 38 Bigfork High School District No. 38 Flathead and Lake Counties Bigfork, Montana 59911 WHEREAS, the surplus property includes various items, including high school auto shop vehicles (1995 Ford F150 & 2013 Chevy Traverse), 80 used Chromebooks, a kiln, chairs and tables, student desks and scaffolding, call 406-837-7400 for the full list; WHEREAS, the surplus property includes various items, list attached; WHEREAS, the items are no longer needed by the district;  WHEREAS, the District would like to dispose of the items; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the items will be sold and or disposed of after Monday, April 28, 2025.   Approved by the Board of Trustees of Bigfork Elementary and High School District No. 38, Flathead and Lake Counties, on April 9, 2025 at a regular meeting held in the Bigfork High School library. ATTEST: Paul Sandry Chairperson   Lacey Porrovecchio Clerk April 13, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31134 MERIDIAN MINI STORAGE AUCTION The following units will be auctioned off on  April, 26th 2025 at 157 N MERIDIAN RD, STE 109 AT 9:00 AM ALEECE ANDERSON, MELISSA ROBERTS, DAVID HURLEY, DAVID BURKHART, RACQUEL ROSALEZ, JORDAN WARD, BRANDY JONES, KEN SELKE, BROOKE JEFFREY, ASHLEY LEVESQUE, WANDA ADAMAVICH (3), ALMANZO CANAVAN, JEFF NEEDHAM, KRISTINE WRIDE (2) ROY BOTTOMLY The following units will be auctioned off at 1073 WHITEFISH STAGE ROAD immediately following the auction at 157 N MERIDIAN ROAD PAULL VEROULIS, JENNIFER MOORE, WANDA ADAMAVICH, RUSSELL GEIDL, AMBER MORROW April 13, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31139 INVITATION TO BID The City of Kalispell, Montana will receive bids for the Bluestone Drive Sanitary Sewer Main Upsize Project. The project primarily consists of furnishing materials, labor, and equipment required to install 423 linear feet of 12” PVC sanitary sewer main, the removal of 3 sanitary sewer manholes, the installation of 3 sanitary sewer manholes, core drilling, and 5 services. Also included in the project is the base and asphalt patchwork for the restoration of the road surface. The City will only be accepting online electronic bids through QuestCDN. Further bidding requirements and the portal to QuestCDN is on the City of Kalispell website at: www.kalispell.com/bids.aspx. A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held in the City Hall Lower-Level Conference Room, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901 at 3:30 PM on Thursday May 1, 2025. Interested Bidders are encouraged to attend the Pre-Bid Meeting. Bids will be received by QuestCDN until 3:30 PM on May 8, 2025. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 3:30 PM on Thursday May 8, 2025, in the City Hall First Floor Conference Room, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901. Questions can be directed to Public Works, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana, 406-758-7720. City of Kalispell, Aimee Brunckhorst, City Clerk     April 13, 27, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________