In the summer of 1995, I worked a three month internship at The Warroad Pioneer, which I'm sorry to say has since ceased operation. This was the first professional newspaper that I worked for in my career, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience. I had only worked at Bemidji State University's newspaper for about a year and half before landing the internship. At The Pioneer I gained experience in sports, feature, beat and government reporting. I designed pages, took and developed photographs and was responsible for community relations. The best part is that I remain friends with the owners nearly 30 years later.
June 13, 1995
By Devlyn Brooks
The Roseau County Board of Commissioners met June 8, 1995, to open bids for the proposed courthouse project. No bids have been awarded yet.
The total of the low bids equals $2,691,231, which is less than the $2,750,000 construction cost cap placed by the Board in December 1994, and the architect's estimate of $2,959,000. Construction cost does not include soft costs.
The lowest bid received for the general construction was Krause-Anderson of Bemidji, Minnesota, at a total of $2,027,000. Other bids were received by Peterson Construction of Grand Forks, North Dakota; Construction Engineers of Grand Forks, North Dakota; Roers' Construction of Fargo, North Dakota; and Nor-son Inc. of Brainerd, Minnesota.
Grant's Mechanical of Fargo, North Dakota, offered the lowest bid for the mechanical construction at #349,800. There were six other bids opened by the board also: Robert Gibb & Sons of Fargo, North Dakota; Shannon's Plumbing and Heating of International Falls, Minnesota; Lee Plumbing & Heating Co. of Thief River Falls, Minnesota; Custom Aire, Inc. of Fargo, North Dakota; Knapp Grover, Inc. of Park Rapids, Minnesota; and C.L. Linfoot Co. of Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The lowest bid on the sprinkler system was offered by Brothers Fire Protection Co. of Roseville, Minnesota at $53,431. Two other bids were received by Western States Fire Protection of Duluth, Minnesota, and from Nova Fire Protection Co. of Fargo, North Dakota.
The electrical construction was bid lowest by E & L Electric of Warraod, Minnesota, at $261,000. Three other bids were received. One was from E & L Electric of Trail, Inc. which is located in Trail, Minnesota. Another was from Bergstrom Electric of Grand Forks, North Dakota. The third from Wiebolt Electric Inc. of Bemidji, Minnesota.
Project architect Vecchi explained the procedures involved in awarding contracts to bidders. He will be reviewing the above bids and will later make a recommendation to the commissioners for awarding contracts.
There was also a Building Committee meeting held Monday, June 12.
The regular monthly Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 14, 1995, at 9 a.m.
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