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
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to provide the required services at its normal and usual rates.
RESOLVED this llth day of May, 1989.
ATTEST:
NE LAND, City Secretary
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MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
DATE: May 9, 1989
SUBJECT: Council Agenda, May 11, 1989
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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
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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
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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.
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ATTEST:
JOANNE LAND, City Secretary
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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