PROPOSED CREATION OF RURAL AMBULANCE DISTRICT

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TITLE:  PROPOSED CREATION OF RURAL AMBULANCE DISTRICT

STATE’S ATTORNEY’S EXPLANATION:  The Meade County Board of County Commissioner’s received sufficient petitions for the formation of the Rural Ambulance District in order to improve services by allowing the area to contract for ambulance response from an ambulance service of their choice.   The following area, all within the Black Hills Meridian, Meade County, SD, is proposed to be the boundaries of the ambulance district, excluding the municipalities of Sturgis and Buffalo Chip:  

Township 7N Range 5E-Sections 1 through 36; Township 7N Range 6E-Sections 1 through 36;

Township 7N Range 7E-Sections 1 through 36; Township 7N Range 8E-Sections 1 through 36;

Township 7N Range 9E-Sections 3 through 10, Sections 15 through 22, Sections 27 through 34; Township 6N Range 5E-Sections 1 through 36; Township 6N Range 6E-Sections 1 through 36;

Township 6N Range 7E-Sections 1 through 36; Township 6N Range 8E-Sections 1 through 36;

Township 6N Range 9E-Sections 3 through 10, Sections 15 through 22, Sections 27 through 34; Township 5N Range 5E-Sections 1 through 36 except the City of Sturgis;

Township 5N Range 6E-Sections 1 through 36 except the City of Sturgis and Town of Buffalo Chip;

Township 5N Range 7E-Sections 1 through 36; Township 5N Range 8E-Sections 1 through 36;

Township 5N Range 9E-Sections 3 through 11, Sections 13 through 36;

Township 4N Range 5E-Sections 1 through 21 and Sections 28 through 33;

Township 4N Range 6E-Sections 1 through 18; Township 4N Range 7E-Sections 1 through 18;

Township 4N Range 8E-Sections 1 through 18; Township 4N Range 9E-Sections 1 through 18.

If approved, the territory within the proposed area shall be subject to levy for the rural ambulance district.  If approved, there shall be a separate election for a board of directors.  

  Yes.  A vote “Yes” to create the rural ambulance district.

  No.  A vote “No” to not create the rural ambulance district.

Lisa Schieffer

Meade County Auditor

Published once at a total approximate cost of ____________.

NOTICE OF DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION OF THE RURAL AMBULANCE DISTRICT

NOTICE OF DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION OF THE RURAL AMBULANCE DISTRICT

Voter registration for the Rural Ambulance District Election to be held on March 23rd, 2020, will close on March 6, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Failure to register by this date will cause forfeiture of voting rights for this election. If you are in doubt about whether you are registered, check the Voter Information Portal at www.sdsos.gov or call the county auditor at (605) 347-2360.

Registration may be completed during regular business hours at the county auditor's office, municipal finance office, secretary of state's office, and those locations which provide driver's licenses, SNAP, TANF, WIC, military recruitment, and assistance to the disabled as provided by the Department of Human Services. You may contact the county auditor to request a mail-in registration form or access a mail-in form at (www.sdsos.gov). 

Any voter who needs assistance, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may contact the county auditor for information and special assistance in voter registration. 

Lisa Schieffer, Meade County Auditor

Meade County, SD 

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Public Hearing - Budget Supplement to Highway Department

NOTICE OF HEARING ON SUPPLEMENTING BUDGET 2020

WHEREAS, the County of Meade, South Dakota, was unable to provide sufficient revenue by the final adoption of the budget for the year beginning January 1, 2020, and ending December 31, 2020, necessary to enable the County to conduct the indispensable functions of government, wherein notice is hereby given that the Board of Meade County Commissioners at the Meade County Courthouse, Sturgis, SD, on February 11, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. will consider the following supplement:

201311439000 Maintenance Projects $658,000

Notice is further given that any person, persons, or their attorney may appear at said scheduled public hearing and present objections to any or all applicants, if any objections there be.

Dated at Sturgis, SD this 14th day of January, 2020.

/s/ Lisa Schieffer, Meade County Auditor

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Tax Certificates held by the Meade County Treasurer

Current Tax Certificate List

*Total dollars owed does not include interest and costs

For more information about the current Tax Certificate list, please call the Meade County Treasurer’s Office at: 605.347.5871

SDCL 10-23-2.   Publication or posting of notice of sale of tax certificate--Reconciliation of published list to tax list. The treasurer shall give notice of the sale of the tax certificate by publication of the sale once during the week before the sale in the official newspapers of the county. If there is no newspaper published in the county, the treasurer shall give notice by written or printed notice posted at the door of the courthouse for two weeks before the sale. The county auditor shall reconcile the published list of unpaid taxes to the unpaid taxes in the tax list.

SDCL 10-23-28.   Sale of tax certificate by county--Price--Tax receipt issued--Rights acquired by purchaser. If any person intends to purchase the interest of the county in the tax certificate acquired by the treasurer for the county, the person may pay to the treasurer the amount of the taxes, penalty, interest, and costs of sale and transfer and all unpaid or subsequent taxes as specified in § 10-23-27. The treasurer shall issue a tax receipt for the taxes, penalty, interest, and costs. The treasurer shall assign and deliver to the purchaser the tax certificate of purchase held by the county for the real property, which assignment and transfer shall convey unto the purchaser all the rights of the county in the tax certificate as much as if the person was the original purchaser at the tax certificate sale.

MPO Public Meeting - July 24, 2019

Invitation to Bid - Asphalt Surface Treatment on New Underwood RD

SECTION 00100

INVITATION TO BID

Notice is hereby given, that FIRM sealed bids for the construction of Meade County – Asphalt Surface Treatment will be received by      Meade County  ,   Sturgis      , South Dakota at the office of      Meade County Commission Room ,   1300 Sherman Street     ,     Sturgis     ,  South Dakota until      9:05 A.M.    , local time on     March 12    ,   2019  , and then publicly opened and read aloud.

The project consists of:      Digouts, Base Course, Traffic Control, Asphalt Surface Treatment, Fog Seal and Incidentals on New Underwood Road from 0.4 Miles South of the intersection of Elk Creek road, north to SD Highway 34.

The complete set of Contract Documents, including drawings and specifications, is on file with the Owner at the Meade County Highway Department and the office of Brosz Engineering, Inc. , 3561 Whitewood Service Road, Sturgis, SD  57785.  Digital Contract Documents are also available from QuestCDN and can be accessed from the Brosz Engineering website at www.broszeng.com under the “Bid Information” page. The cost for downloaded (electronic) plans is $20. The official Plan Holders list can be viewed for the project on the QuestCDN website. Only electronic plan holders downloaded via QuestCDN will receive addendum notifications. Contractors using any other means for obtaining plans and specifications must periodically check the QuestCDN website for any addenda.

In addition, the Drawings and Project Manual may also be examined at the following locations: Construction Industry Center

Each bid must contain a certified check, a Cashier's check or Draft, for five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid; such check to be certified or issued by either a State or National Bank and payable to Meade County or in lieu thereof a Bid Bond for Ten percent (10%) of the amount of this bid, such bond to be issued by a Surety authorized to do business in the State of South Dakota and payable to Meade County as a guarantee that such bidder will enter into a contract with said Meade County, it's Commission thereof in accordance with the terms of such letting and bid in case such bidder is awarded the contract.  The Certified Check or other guarantee, or bid bond of the successful bidder will be returned to him forthwith upon the execution of the contract and surety hereafter provided for.

At the time the successful bidder enters into a contract for the construction of public improvement or the furnishing of any material or labor thereof, the Contractor will be required, before commencing such work, to furnish surety in an amount not less than the contract price, for the faithful performance of such contract, with additional obligation that such performance of such contractor will promptly pay all persons supplying him with labor or material in the prosecution of the work provided for in such contract.  The Contractor shall also provide proof of liability insurance and workman’s compensation insurance, as per Article 5 of the General Conditions.

The Meade County Commission reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and waive any defects therein.

Dated at     Meade County       , South Dakota  Day of , 2019

Meade County Commission

Sturgis , South Dakota

Publish: February 20, 2019 & February 27, 2019

Published twice at the total approximate cost of ______________.