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Department Approval <br />Item Description: <br />� <br />Request for Council Action <br />Date: January 5,2004 <br />Item Number:" 4, � <br />Manager Approval <br />��� �1� <br />Designate 2004 Legal Newspaper <br />Agenda Section <br />Organizational Business <br />Back rg ound <br />Minnesota statutes require the City Council to annually designate a legal newspaper for publication of ordinances <br />and other notices. The 1997 Legislature approved legislation permitting Roseville to designate a legal newspaper <br />based on the cost of publishingpublic notices if, for one year prior to designation, at least 25% of the newspaper <br />circulation has been within the Roseville city limits. The City requested the following information: <br />* Cost of one time publication of four samples of past notices <br />� Number of newspapers distributed in Roseville <br />; Percentage of circulation in 2003 within Roseville city limits <br />* Number of times distributed per week <br /># Minimum lead time for submitting a legal ad to the newspaper <br />� Method that ad proof is made available to City <br />� Method that affidavit of publication is made available to the City <br />Newspaper <br />Pioneer Press <br />(East Metro <br />Edition) <br />Lillie News <br />(Roseville <br />Review Edition) <br />Star Tribune <br />(East Metro <br />Edition) <br />Sun Focus <br />(Rai��seY CountY <br />Edition) <br />Cost of Four Distribution <br />Sample in <br />Notices Roseville <br />$99.00 8,721 <br />� 61.29 9,989 <br />$1,156.50 2,649 Daily <br />3,592 Sunday <br />$99.99 1,350 <br />Percent Publication <br />Circulation Frequency <br />Within <br />Roseville <br />5(P/o Daily <br />Minimum Method <br />Lead Time For Ad <br />To Submit Proof <br />Legal <br />2 days Email <br />65% Wcekly 3 days <br />.5% Daily 2 days <br />54% Weekly 2 days <br />Method for <br />Affidavit of <br />Publication <br />Email <br />Mail Mail <br />F� F� <br />Email <br />Mail Mail <br />F� <br />F� Mail <br />Financial Imnlications <br />The 2004 budget includes funds for legal notices. In 2003 the City spent approximately to 3.600 in Legal Notices. <br />Based on this number, the City would spend 2 229 with the RosevilleReview; 3.600 with the Pioneer Press; <br />3 636 with the Sun Focus; and 42 000 with the Star Tribune. <br />Council Action Rec�uested <br />Motion designating one of the newspapers listed above as the legal newspaper for the City of Roseville for 2004. <br />