R-87-978 - 4/9/1987WHEREAS, 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 ,P4' iJ4 Bl-B� p` P�Gt h J is a public
newspaper of general circulation in the City; and
WHEREAS, the Council is desirous of designating
the AC,C44.66 4CA- 4.44.4624, as the official organ of the
City, NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS /� , I
That the l / e1C-/C. Q LL 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 Ma or to execute a one year contract with
the p(,2�G to provide the required
services at its normal and usual rates.
RESOLVED this 9 day of , 1987.
ATTEST:
anne Land, City Secretary
RESOLUTION NO.
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
STATE OF TEXAS
CITY OF ROUND ROCK
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Agreement made this 9 lI day of
, 19/7, 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:
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 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 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 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.
III.
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 i % , 19a,
and shall continue to effect for one year from such date.
Executed in duplicate copies on the 9--day of
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ES
Jr ANNE LAND, City Secretary
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
TODD PUBLICATIONS - ROUND ROCK
A General Partnership
KEN LANG, dito n.1 ublisher
DATE: April 7, 1987
SUBJECT: Council Agenda, April 9, 1987
ITEM: 15A - Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor
to enter into a contract for the official
newspaper for the City of Round Rock.
At the request of the Council, staff visited with representatives of both
the ROUND ROCK LEADER and the AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN in order to gain
information concerning their respective publications. There are aspects of
both operations which would be favorable for the City. A compairson follows:
ROUND ROCK LEADER
.8i-weekly publication.
°Circulation: 6,050 (approx.)
.Household penetration: 59.2%
'Deadlines:
4:00 p.m. Monday for Thursday paper
4:00 p.m. Thursday for Monday paper
°Rates:
15Q per word for the 1st insertion
10C per word for each repeat
maps: $4.60 per column inch
the ROUND ROCK LEADER.
AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN
.Daily publication.
'Circulation: 7,630 (approx. avg.)
'Household penetration: 74.5%
.Deadlines:
3:00 p.m. the day before the
legal is published
"Rates:
$15.50 per column inch or 24Q
per word
EXAMPLE EXAMPLE
A legal with 354 words run 3 times A legal with 354 words run 3 times
$123.90 $220.87
575 words with a map 575 words with a map
$293.25 $383.62
Attached for your consideration is a proposed agreement submitted by