Legal Notices October 23
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2365 (GIBBON, FAIRFAX, AND WINTHROP PUBLIC SCHOOLS) McLeod, Nicollet, Renville and Sibley Counties, MINNESOTA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election has been called and will be held in and for Independent School District No. 2365 (Gibbon, Fairfax, and Winthrop Public Schools), McLeod, Nicollet, Renville and Sibley Counties, Minnesota on November 5, 2019, between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. for the purpose to vote on the school district building bond questions (see sample ballot). The combined polling places for this election and the precincts served by those polling places shall be as follows: COMBINED POLLING PLACE – Gibbon Municipal Building, 985 1st Ave, Gibbon, MN: Main Room in Sibley County, Minnesota This combined polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 2365 located in the City of Gibbon; Moltke, Severance, Cornish and Grafton Townships in Sibley County, Minnesota; and West Newton and Lafayette Townships in Nicollet County, Minnesota. COMBINED POLLING PLACE – Fairfax Community Center, 300 Park Street South, Fairfax, MN: North Room in Renville County, Minnesota This combined polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 2365 located in the City of Fairfax; Wellington, Cairo, Bandon and Camp Townships in Renville County, Minnesota; and Ridgely Township in Nicollet County, Minnesota. COMBINED POLLING PLACE – Winthrop Community Hall, 305 North Main Street, Winthrop, MN: Second Floor in Sibley County, Minnesota This combined polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 2365 located in the City of Winthrop; Bismarck, Transit, and Alfsborg Townships in Sibley County, Minnesota; Penn and Round Grove Townships in McLeod County, Minnesota; and Bernadotte Township in Nicollet County, Minnesota. Any eligible voter residing in the school district may vote at said election at the polling place designated above for the location in which said voter resides. The polls for said election will be open between 12:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the date of said election. Please note that this notice applies to School District elections not held in conjunction with statewide elections. Municipal or statewide elections will be held at the polling places previously established for such elections. If you wish for additional information on School District polling place locations, please contact the School District or the Sibley County Auditor-Treasurer. A voter must be registered to vote to be eligible to vote in this election. An unregistered individual may register to vote at the polling places on Election Day. Dated 08-19-2019 BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD Marisa Lee School District Clerk Independent School District No. 2365 (Gibbon, Fairfax, and Winthrop Schools) State of Minnesota 2-3c
CITY OF GIBBON SIBLEY COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Well Head Protection Plan NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing will be held before the City Council on 6th day of November at 7:00 pm, in the Gibbon Community Center at 985 First Avenue to consider adopting a well head protection plan. A copy of the well head protection plan is available for review in the office of the City Administrator, in the Gibbon Community Center. Dated this 15th day of October, 2019 SIGNED BY: Dana Lietzau City of Gibbon Administrator 3(af)c
CITY OF GIBBON SIBLEY COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Consider Conditional Use Permit NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing will be held before the City Council on 6th day of November at 7:00 pm, in the Gibbon Community Center at 985 First Avenue to consider a conditional use permit for 850 Ely Avenue and 442 E. 13th Street. Dated this 17th day of October, 2019 SIGNED BY: Dana Lietzau City of Gibbon Administrator 3(af)c
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS Notice is hereby given that the Winthrop City Council will meet at 7:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter on November 4th, 2019, at the Council Chambers, 305 N. Main Street, Winthrop, Minnesota, to consider the following proposed assessment for the stated purpose. Adoption by the Council of the proposed assessments may occur at the hearing. The following area is proposed to be assessed: Amount to Legal Description: Purpose: Be Assessed: Back Door Hairstyling Sidewalk Assessment Lot 13; Block 16 Lot 13 & N 2 ft. of lots 11 & 12 Frankenfield’s Addition$1,362.50; Amanda Mielke Sidewalk Assessment Lot 17; Block 6 Original City$ 987.06; LaCinda Rietveld & Scott Traylor Nuisance Abatement Lot 3; Block 29 Campbell Larson $427.50; Addition LaCinda Rietveld & Scott Traylor Nuisance Abatement Lot 4; Block 29 Campbell Larson Addition$427.50. The amounts to be specifically assessed against the particular lot, piece, or parcel of land are as shown. Such assessments are proposed to be payable in 1 payment, beginning January, 2020. Persons may at any time prior to the certification of the assessments to the County Auditor, pay the entire assessment on such property, with interest accrued, to the City Administrator of the City of Winthrop. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessments are paid prior to certification to the County Auditor, by November 30, 2020. The proposed assessments are on file for public inspection at the City Clerk’s office. Written or oral objections will be considered at the meeting. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of the assessments unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the municipal clerk prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The owners may appeal the assessments to District Court pursuant to Minn. Stat. §429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City within 30 days after the adoption of the assessments and filing such notice with the District Court within 10 days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. City of Winthrop Jennifer Palmer City Administrator Posted 10/15/19 3c
Independent School District GFW Public Schools September 16th, 2019 Summary of regular school board meeting. Full text is available for public inspection at the GFW Superintendent’s Office. The regular board meeting of the GFW School Board was held on September 16, 2019 at the Gibbon Primary School Board Chair, Klenk called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. ALSO present: Superintendent Seifert, Klenk, Vos, Odegard, Lee, Press, Kuehn Absent: Haas Vos moved with support from Lee to approve the agenda with the addition to the consent agenda of the resignation of Bill Alexander and FFA National Convention under informational items. Motion Carried. VISITOR RECOGNITION – None CONSENT AGENDA Vos moved with support from Odegard to approve the following consent agenda items with the addition of the resignation of Bill Alexander. Motion Carried. Approve Minutes of the regular board meeting of August 19, 2019. Approve Minutes of Special Board Meeting Minutes of September 4, 2019. Approve the disbursements in the amount of $563,237.38 Finance Reports Approve the hire of: Jena Iverson, Kindergarten Teacher MA/Step 8, Start date was August 21, 2019 Ben Jenum, 4th Grade Teacher BA/Step 2, Start date was September 3, 2019 Claire Huiras, Intermediate School paraprofessional Approve the resignations of: Colt Trebesch, 4th Grade Teacher and coaching positions Bill Alexander, Sr. High Human Physiology and AP Biology Teacher Approve the leaves of: Kim Begeman, Primary School Paraprofessional, September 9, 2019 through January 2, 2020. She does qualify for FMLA Leave. Approve Administrative Contracts of: None Approve the transfers of: None Approve the donations of: None ACTION ITEMS Preliminary Levy Certification for Taxes Payable Klenk moved with support from Odegard to approve the proposed 2019 payable 2020 levy certification to the maximum amount. Motion Carried. Bus Lease Purchase Agreement Kuehn moved with support from Lee to approve a lease-purchase agreement for a SPED “micro bus”, with monies coming out of district federal SPED dollars over the next 3 years. Yes-Kuehn, Lee, Klenk, Vos, Odegard No-None Motion Carried. Final Agreement with Sibley County for Election Services Odegard moved with support from Kuehn to approve Sibley County for Election Services. Motion Carried. Resolution for Bond Referendum Election Judges, Schedule and Pay Rates Lee moved with support from Kuehn to approve the list of judges and rate of pay. Yes – Kuehn, Lee, Klenk, Vos, Odegard No – None Absent – Haas Motion Carried. Lee moved with support from Kuehn adjourned at 6:43 p.m.. Motion Carried. Marisa Lee, ClerkMarisa Lee, Clerk 3c