CR 09-001 Designate the Official Newpaper for 2009pp-
December 17, 2008
Council Report 2009 -001
DESIGNATE THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR 2009
Staff recommends approval of the following motion: Move to name the Hopkins
Sun Sailor as the 2009 official newspaper for the City of Hopkins.
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The Hopkins Charter requires that the City Council designate the official newspaper
for the year at the first regular Council Meeting of the year. The official newspaper
is the newspaper that publishes all of the legal notices for the City.
Primary Issues to Consider
There are two local newspapers that could be designated as the Official
Newspaper. The Sun Sailor has submitted a bid for $14.30 per column inch with
eleven lines per inch. That cost per line is $1.30. This amount has not changed
since 1999. The Hopkins Sun Sailor is delivered to the individual homes; the
Lakeshore Weekly is not.
The Lakeshore Weekly bid $1.20 per line. This represents a $.10 or 8% decrease
of the Sun Sailor proposal.
Even with the cost difference, staff is recommending the Sun Sailor because more
residents will see the legal notices in a delivered newspaper.
This item is budgeted in all departments.
Alternatives
1. Designate the Sun Sailor as Hopkin's Oficial Newspaper
2. Designate the Lakeshore Weekly as the Official Newspaper
Staff recommends alternative one.
Terry Obermaier, City Clerk
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