R-78-179 - 11/9/1978WHEREAS, Section 13.02 of the Home Rule Charter for the
City of Round Rock, Texas provides that the Council shall desig-
nate a public newspaper of general circulation in the City as
official organ thereof; and
WHEREAS the Round Rock Leader is a public newspaper of
general circulation in the City, and
WHEREAS the Council is desirous of designating the Round
Rock Leader as the official organ of the City,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Round Rock Leader
is designated as the official organ of the City and all ordi-
nances, notices and any other matter required to be published
shall be published therein, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council hereby authorizes
the Mayor to execute a one year contract with the Round Rock
Leader to provide the required publishing services at its
normal and usual rates.
READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED this 9 day of November, 1978.
ATTEST:
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THE STATE OF TEXAS §
CITY OF ROUND ROCK §
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LAND, City Secretary
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RESOLUTION
ROBERT G. GRIFFIT}I,JMayor
City of Round Roc
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STATE OF TEXAS §
CITY OF ROUND ROCK §
Agreement made this 9 day of POW/MAW , 1978,
between the City of Round Rock, Texas, a municipal corporation
operating under a home rule charter, hereinafter called "CITY ",
and TODD PUBLICATIONS - ROUND ROCK, a general partnership doing
business at 112 E. Main, Round Rock, Texas hereinafter called
"TODD ":
WHEREAS, TODD is the publisher of the Round Rock Leader,
a public newspaper of general circulation in the CITY, and
WHEREAS, the Home Rule Charter the CITY provides that
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the Council shall annually designate a public newspaper as official
organ of the CITY, and
WHEREAS, the Home Rule Charter instructs .the Council to
contract annually with a public newspaper, and
WHEREAS, the Council has by resolution designated the Round
Rock Leader as the official organ of the CITY;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
I.
TODD agrees to publish in the Round Rock Leader all ordinances,
notices and any other matter required to be published by the Home
Rule Charter, the ordinances of the CITY, or the Constitution
and /or laws of the State of Texas. TODD further agrees that all
such matter delivered to its office by 5:00 p.m. o'clock on
Monday will be published in the paper dated and delivered the
Thursday immediately following, and that all such matters delivered
to its office by 5:00 p.m. o'clock on Thursday will be published
in the paper dated and delivered the Monday immediately following.
TODD further agrees to provide CITY with all appropriate
affidavits of publication and clippings of actual publications as
may from time to time be requested by CITY.
In consideration of the foregoing, CITY agrees to pay TODD
1978.
Attest:
at the rate which TODD charges for repeat insertions for classified
ads, which such rate now 0.050 per word.
The foregoing shall not prevent TODD<from periodically changing
the rates, but any such change shall be reasonable and the CITY
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shall never be charged more than the rate which TODD charges to
the general public.
III.
The obligations and undertakings of each of the parties
to their agreement shall be performable at Round Rock, Williamson
County, Texas.
IV.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accor-
dance with the laws of the State of Texas.
V.
This contract shall become effective on November 10, 1978,
and shall continue in effect for one year from such date. /.I ./
Executed in duplicate copies on the q day of 77/9JJ he ,
ROBERT G. GRIFFITH,
City of Round Rock
TODD PUBLICATI9NS ROUND ROCK
A General Partnership
Bv:
LARRY JACKSON, Editor and
Genera /Manager