R-85-795 - 12/12/1985WHEREAS, Section 13.02 of the Home Rule Charter for the City of Round
Rock, Texas, provides that the Council shall designate 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 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.
RESOLVED this 12th day of December, 1985.
ATTEST:
JO
LAND, City Secretary
RESOLUTION NO. 795k.
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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STATE OF TEXAS
CITY OF ROUND ROCK
Agreement made this 12th day of December, 1985, between
the City of Round Rock, Texas, a municipal corporation
operating under a home rule charter, hereinafter called
"CITY ", and TODD PUBLICATIONS - ROUND ROCK, general
partnership doing business at 105 S. Blair, 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 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:
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 4:00 p.m. o'clock on Monday will be published in
the paper dated and delivered the Thursday immediately
following, and that all such matter delivered to its office
by 4:00 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 appro-
priate 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 same rate which TODD charges all government
subdivisions for the insertions and publication of such
matter; that rate being $.15 per word for the first
insertion and $.10 per word for each repeat insertion of the
same material.
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.
I11.
The obligations and undertakings of each of the parties
to their agreement shall be performable at Round Rock, Wil-
liamson County, Texas.
IV.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
V.
This contract shall become effective on December 12,
1985, and shall continue to effect for one year from such
date.
EST:
Executed in duplicate copies on the 12th day of
December, 1985.
4160444k1 Am 411.
JiANNE LAND, City Secretary
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
TODD PUBLICATIONS - ROUND ROCK
A General Partnership
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Publisher