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��S�E <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date.- January 3, 2011 <br />Item No..- 7. f <br />Department Approval Acting City Manager Approval <br />Item Description.- Designate 2010 Legal Newspaper <br />1 BACKGROUND <br />2 Minnesota statutes require cities annually to designate a legal newspaper for publication of ordinances <br />3 and other notices. Cities are not required to seek bids each year, so staff requested quotes from the <br />4 newspapers for 2011 and 2012. Although the City may not designate a newspaper for more than one <br />5 calendar year, we requested the information for two years to reduce staff work and to allow the City to <br />6 project costs. <br />"7 <br />8 The City requested information from the Pioneer Press, Roseville Review and Star Tribune. The Star <br />9 Tribune did not return the request for Legal Newspaper Information. <br />1('-) <br />Newspaper <br />Roseville Review <br />Pioneer Press <br />Cost of Sample Notices <br />$126.00 <br />$512.00 <br />Distribution in Roseville <br />9,359 <br />5,709 <br />Percent Circulation - Roseville <br />67.23% <br />23.9% <br />Publication Frequency <br />Weekly <br />Daily <br />Lead. Time to Submit Legal <br />3 days <br />2- days <br />Method. for Ad. Proof <br />Fax <br />Mail, Fax, Email <br />Method. Affidavit of Publication <br />Mail <br />Mail, Fax <br />Access to Archived. Affidavits <br />No <br />yes <br />11 FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS <br />12 The 2011 budget includes funds for legal notices. In 2010 the City spent approximately $,1,700 in Legal <br />13 Notices. <br />14 REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION <br />1 Motion designating the lowest bidder, the Roseville Review, as the legal newspaper for the City of <br />16 Roseville for 2011. <br />17 <br />18 <br />Prepared by: William J. Malinen., it Manager <br />Page I of I <br />