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DATE: I/14/91 <br />ITEM NO <br />Wepartment Appirovial Manager Reviewed. Agenda Section. <br />di a 0 <br />item, Die sicrJoLiption: Diesignat 'ion of Of f 6, ici,lal C 14ty Newspaper. <br />Background <br />Minnesota Statuitie 412.831 requires that the Council designate a legal <br />ne,wspapier of g,eineral circulation in the city as 1"ts official newspaper <br />,in order to publicize ordinances and other matters required by law.. <br />I <br />The Focus and Roseville Review have requested official status with the <br />C i <br />ity of Roseville Both were contacted r to respond to f our <br />itypicial niotices with quoties f or 1991 and 1,992. <br />To a,ssi ist you 'in your seleictlLonF the following criteria were analyzed <br />and, are provided herie for yiour revioew., <br />ouotie= <br />'16—w <br />The results of tihe two quotes are.,- <br />]FOCUS, $216 a 2t <br />Roseville Review $173 a 0: <br />a, <br />Pasit Des 1"crnation <br />Records, for off 1101cial newspaper status f or the past eleven year <br />(1980 to 119911) as I <br />Focus 7 oluti of 11 years <br />Riosevi" li,e, Review 4 out of 11 years <br />Read,eirshiR <br />Roseville's recent Quality of Life survey indicated that residents <br />regularly, read: <br />Focus 77 percent <br />ftoseville Illy eiv ilew 8 4 pericie'n't <br />i a <br />-minancial Implications <br />Tihe sum totals, of the two bi lids result in'ia dif f erence of approximately <br />20 percent. Based on 19910's costs of $6,010,,08 for official notices, <br />that 2,0 percent differenal is equal to about <br />-Itr <br />CounciLl. cons ideriation of the costs and readership of the two papers, <br />a . <br />and des iLanat3iiiiiion, of th,ei Roseville or, Focus as the 1991/1992 Official <br />W <br />C i0ty Newspiaperil, <br />