April 2020

Contractor's sealed Proposals for the 2020 Benson High School Gymnastics project will be received by the Independent School District No. 777, Benson, Minnesota, until Thursday, April 16, 2020 at the office of the Superintendent of Schools, in Benson, Minnesota, in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by, Architects Rego + Youngquist, LLC, 7601 Wayzata Boulevard, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55426.
Sealed bids will be opened publicly and read aloud at the time and place. Bids received after 2:00 PM will returned unopened. Faxed bids will not be allowed. Do not submit bids for individual specification sections. Submit bids according to Bid Categories. Do not submit bids or deliver to the Construction Manager, this is not a general contractor job.  Bids submitted in person, Via US Mail, Fed-ex, or other couriers that do not reach the District Office by 2:00 PM deadline will not be accepted and will be returned un-opened.

Notice is hereby given, that the 21st day of April at 11:00 a.m., has been fixed as the date for the meeting of the Board of  Review in the town of Tara for the year 2020. The meeting will be held at the Clontarf Fire Hall. The purpose of this meeting is to determine whether taxable property in the jurisdiction has been properly valued and classified by the assessor, and to determine whether corrections need to be made.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Independent School District No. 777 (Benson Public Schools) shall perform a public accuracy test of the optical scan voting system to be used in the District’s April 14, 2020 special election.  The test shall be conducted at: Benson City Armory, 203 14th Street South, Benson, Minnesota on April 07, 2020 at 10:00 o’clock a.m.  Interested individuals are authorized to attend and observe.  If you have any questions, please contact the Swift County Auditor’s Office at 320-843-4069.

Dated:    January 27, 2020                BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
By: /s/ Mary KW Langan
School District Clerk
Independent School District No. 777
(Benson Public Schools)
State of Minnesota

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Swift County Monitor-News

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