R-79-253 - 11/8/1979ATTEST:
NE LAND, City ecretary
RESOLUTION NO. ,2 S3R,
WHEREAS, Section 13.02 of the Home Rule Charter for the City of
Round Rock, Texas provides that the Council shall designate a public news-
paper 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 ordinances, 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 8th day of November, 1979.
ARRY L..TONN, Mayor -.
City of Round Rock, Texas
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STATE OF TEXAS X
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CITY OF ROUND ROCK X
Agreement made this_j_day of 7 )O,(HYM , 1979,
between the City of Round Rock, Texas, a municipal corporation
operating under a home rule charter, hereinafter called "CITY ",
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and TODD PUBLICATIONS - ROUND ROCK,`w,general partnership doing
business at 112 E. Main, Round Rock, Texas hereinafter called
'TODD„ i' S
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 for the CITY provides that
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.
II.
In consideration of the foregoing, CITY agrees to pay TODD
at the rate which TODD charges for repeat insertions for classified
ads, which such rate is now 0.05Q per word.
The foregoing shall not prevent TODD from periodically changing
the rates, but any such change shall be reasonable and the CITY
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 9, 1979,
and shall continue in effect for one year from such date. "®
Executed in duplicate copies on the f day of fi(J,(e/yf(,(j'Qifi ,
1979.
ATTEST:
JO NE LAND, C ty Secretary
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III •NN 'ayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
TODD PUBLICAT •NS - ROUND ROCK
A General P. nership
By:
SON, E•itor an
anager