12 Thursday, August 8, 2024 BATTLE CREEK SHOPPER NEWS http://www.thebattlecreekshopper.com
CITY OF BATTLE CREEK
NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BIDS
IFB#: 2025-019S
SURPLUS MATERIAL: Transit Vans
ISSUE DATE: August 1, 2024
BID DUE DATE: August 20, 2024, at 2:00 pm Local Time DO
NOT EMAIL BIDS
LOCATION: Bids must be submitted through our secure online
bid management website DO NOT EMAIL BIDS
Instructions below
To see the van(s): Cale Williams, BC Transit, 269-966-3355, ext.
1710
Questions about the bid submittal process:
Purchasing Contact: Nils Vos
E-mail: [email protected] DO NOT EMAIL BIDS
DESCRIPTION: The City is soliciting bids for the purpose of sell-
ing up to 3 Transit Vans. Bids will be awarded to the highest bidder
per van (i.e., not as a whole). A bid is a legal obligation to purchase
EACH ITEM for which you are the highest bidder.
Bids must be in the actual possession of the Purchasing Department
at the location indicated, on or prior to the exact time and Bids
must be in the actual possession of the Purchasing Department by
the method indicated herein, on or prior to the exact time and date
indicated above. Bids received by the correct time and date shall be
opened via Zoom and the amount bid shall be publicly read. Late
bids shall not be considered, and the online bid management sys-
tem will automatically cut off at the exact due date/time. Please give
yourself enough time to upload your bid.
ONLINE BID SUBMITTAL: To submit a bid, upload ONE pdf file
that includes the Price Page and the Offer to Contract.
Please visit http://battlecreekmi.gov/230/Bid-Proposal-Solicitations
and click on Bid & Proposal Solicitations. This will redirect you to
our secure VendorRegistry website where you can register as a ven-
dor (required) and obtain this full document and upload your bid.
Email the purchasing contact listed above if the above link doesn’t
work.
BID OPENING: Bids will be opened live via Zoom. Email purchas-
[email protected] for the link to the bid opening if you would
like the link.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
The Marshall Township Board
regular August 19. 2024, meet-
ing will start at 6 p.m. rather
than the usual 7 p.m. as ordered
at its July meeting. However,
the planned joint meeting with
the Planning Commission will
not occur due to the unavailabil-
ity of the Township Attorney. In-
stead, the joint meeting with the
Planning Commission to receive
an update on Marijuana regula-
tion as well as other current zon-
ing issues is now planned for a
special meeting on September
30, 2024, commencing at 7 p.m.-David Bosserd, Marshall
Township Supervisor-Jeffrey Albaugh, Marshall
Township Clerk
Calhoun Co. Medical Care to
‘reintroduce’ itself to the public
Calhoun County Medical Care Facility
Administrator Stephanie Cornish visits with
residents as they engage in a painting party
activity. (Shopper News photo by Shelly Kehrle-Sulser)SHELLY KEHRLE-SULSER
Executive EditorCalhoun County Medical Care
Facility (CCMCF) and the Marian
E. Burch Adult Day Care Center
are holding a public open house
Thursday, Aug. 15 from 3-5 p.m. to
showcase the 120-bed, six-neigh-
borhood nursing facility that also
includes a trendy café, hair salon,
activity room, dining rooms and
more.
While the facility has not
undergone recent renovations,
Administrator Stephanie Cornish
explained that the festivities are
designed to “reintroduce” the facility
to the community.
“The pandemic was really a
downer for long term care facilities,”
explained Cornish. “There are people
who kind of forget we’re still here.
The adult daycare is up and running
and functioning. And, my initial goalwas just to let the community know
we are here, we are fully functioning
and able to provide services to their
loved ones within Calhoun County.”
Held in partnership with the Battle
Creek Area Chamber of Commerce,
the event will feature a ribbon-cut-
ting ceremony at 3:30 p.m., followed
by a short program in the building’s
Community Center where Cornish
will delivery some news she calls
exciting.
The event will offer public tours
of the entire facility, including the
Marian E. Burch Adult Day Care, a
department of the CCMCF, led by
director Alicia Davis.
The open house will also offer a
variety of activities and opportunities
including live entertainment, refresh-
ments, employment and volunteering
information and more.
“I think it’s been a long time since
much of the public has been in
the Calhoun County Medical Care
Facility,” said Cornish. “And people See MEDICAL on 13don’t know they can still come in
and they can still have a tour. And,
it’s business as usual. We have some
new normals to processes if there’s
illness or concerns in the building.
But we’re here.”
Skilled nursing facilities in 2020
were hard hit by COVID-19, the
disease caused by the novel Sars-
CoV-2 virus, and measures to avoid
infection, which included barring the
public from entering and the need for
any employees sick with the disease
to stay home for at least 10 days, a
rule still in effect at CCMCF.
“There was a lot of misunderstood
guidance,” said Cornish. “At 9 a.m.
one day, we would have one piece
of guidance. We would just get that
info out to staff, then an hour and a
half later, we’d have different guid-
ance and it was really hard for us to
communicate effectively because it