Renovation of a municipal facility in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Completed plans call for the renovation of a one-story above grade municipal facility.

https://trftimes.com/news/21331/county-board-accepts-bid-to-remodel-top-floor It's one step closer to reality. At its meeting Thursday, Dec. 29, the Pennington County Board accepted a bid to remodel the third floor of the Government Center. Schmitz Builders of Red Lake Falls had the low bid of $1,445,000 to renovate the third floor, which will soon be occupied by the Pennington County Human Services Department. Schmitz Builders had also provided an alternate bid of $52,500 to completely replace all windows on the third floor. However, commissioners have decided to postpone considering the alternate bid until shortly before asbestos abatement has commenced. They have until Jan. 28 to make up their minds. American Rescue Plan Act funds will be used to cover the remodeling project. The third floor will be gutted and remodeled. The remodeled third floor will feature a large space for cubicles as well as space for six offices, two meeting rooms, three interview rooms, a waiting room, a work room, a nursing room for staff, and storage areas. Bathrooms will also be renovated as part of the project. The project takes into account future space needs for PCHS. County Board previously approved an agreement with ACCT Inc. to abate asbestos on the third floor. It is expected to begin its work Monday, Jan. 9. The work is expected to take about a month. A historical mural, which was located on the third floor, has been removed at no cost to the county. Depicting scenes of American Indian life, the mural was created by the late artist Charles Beck. The mural, which was donated to Beck's daughter, will be displayed in Beck's hometown of Fergus Falls. The third floor of the Government Center has been vacant since court administration moved to the Justice Center. Currently, the Child Support Division works on the second floor of the Government Center and other PCHS employees work at the PCHS building along Knight Avenue. In the past, commissioners have briefly discussed selling the Knight Avenue building once PCHS' operations were consolidated at the Government Center. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Third Floor Government Center Improvements Project Bidders will be required to provide a bid bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of bid amount. The successful Bidder will be required to provide Performance and Payment Bonds of 100 percent of bid amount. Contractors may be requested to submit "Contractor's Qualification Statement". A Contractor responding to these Bidding Documents must submit to the City/Owner a signed statement under oath by an owner or officer verifying compliance with each of the minimum criteria in Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.285, subdivision 3. The County reserves the right to hold and consider the bids for 30 days after the date of the bid opening. The County has the right to waive any informality in any bid, reject any or all bids, and award the contract in the best interest of the County. 164814