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Attachment B <br />Allow for the use city awebsite or other technology-based methodfor official notices <br />State law requires that cities publish certain types of information in a qualified newspaper <br />designated by the city. This information includes ordinances before they become effective, <br />advertisement for bids, public hearing notices, and sample ballots. These itemsare collectively <br />known as “official notices.” This law was created in 1949 in order to provide citizens with <br />information about its local government from a local source. <br />Today, city websites have become a primary source of information about a city, including these <br />official notices. Most cities publish official notices in official newspaper and the city website, a <br />redundancy in work and cost. <br />In Roseville, the local weekly newspaper, the Roseville Review, closed and the city began using <br />a larger metropolitan-wide newspaper for publication of its official notices, significantly <br />increasing costs. <br />Due to these factors, it is time for eliminate the outdated requirement for publishing official <br />notices in a newspaper. <br />The City of Roseville supports legislation that allows local governments to publish official <br />notices on its website or other technology-based methods in lieu of an official newspaper. <br /> <br />