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R-89-1275 - 5/11/1989RESOLUTION NO. ,a7.0 WHEREAS, 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 �J /} ,{��- WHEREAS, the ag4.. 11 2 fl 1 /1lU &4wn,is a public newspaper of general circulation in the City; and WHEREAS, the Council is desirous of designating the( tut, ) c z /dYVI m as the official organ of the City; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE p CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS That the _ .. �: � �/� . ./. Ais 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 _ Ai92-1 , to provide the required services at its normal and usual rates. RESOLVED this llth day of May, 1989. ATTEST: NE LAND, City Secretary C34RESPUBLI A,4 MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor City of Round Rock, Texas DATE: May 9, 1989 SUBJECT: Council Agenda, May 11, 1989 !• ITEM: 16E. Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement designating the official publication for the City of Round Rock. STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Bob Bennett /Joanne Land STAFF RECOMMENDATION: 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 AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN °Bi- weekly publication °Daily publication °Circulation: 5,747 °Circulation: 9,500 (Sunday) 6,600 (Daily) °Household penetration: 57.5% °Household penetration: 79% °Deadlines: °Deadlines: 4:00 p.m. Monday for Thursday paper 3:00 p.m. the day before the legal 4:00 p.m. Thursday for Monday paper is published °Rates: °Rates: 180 per word for the 1st insertion $18.12 per column or $10.80 per column inch inch or 300 per word 140 per word for each repeal or $8.40 per column inch Legal notices will be more expensive to run in the STATESMAN. However, for bidding and classified ad purposes we use the LEADER and STATESMAN in order to get a good response. The STATESMAN brings the best response on bids and job applications. By using the STATESMAN as the official newspaper the City maybe able to save money overall. r RECEIVED MAR 2 7 so' Published each Monday and Thursday by Todd Publications -Round Rock • Fine Commercial Web Offset Printers P.O. Box 428 • Round Rock, Texas 78680 March 24, 1989 Mr. Bob Bennett City Manager City of Round Rock 221 East Main Street Round Rock, Texas 78664 In advance, we thank you for your continual business. Sincerely, Ronnie Kaatz Classified Manager (512) 255-5827 \,t KEN LONG 1 *, �X Publisher \ Cy (i/1' / 0 \ c sk Re: Renewal contract for Legal Notices Dear Mr. Bennett: The current contract for publishing Legal Notices in the Round Rock Leader will expire on April 9, 1989. Enclosed is a renewal contract which will continue our present arrangement with the City of Round Rock for another year. Our proposed rates will be .18 per word for the first insertion and .14 per word for repeat insertions. At your earliest convenience, please sign and return one copy of the contract and keep the other for your files. STATE OF TEXAS * CITY OF ROUND ROCK Agreement made this 9 day of , 191f, 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 Hone 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 /$5 per word for the first insertion and 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. Williamson County, Texas. IV. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. 1957. ATTEST: JOANNE LAND, City Secretary V . This contract shall became effective on 7, 19 87. and shall continue to effect for one year from such date. Executed in duplicate copies on the 7 of MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor City of Round Rock, Texas TODD PUBLICATIONS - ROUND ROCK A General Partnership