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Council Report 2010-003
Staff recommends approval of the following motion: Move to name the Hopkins Sun
Sailor as the 2010 official newspaper for the City of Hopkins.
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 $0,65. This amount has not changed since 1909. The
Hopkins Sun Sailor is delivered to the individual homes; the Lakeshore Weekly is not.
The Lakeshore Weekly bid $1.10 per line. This represents $0.45 more per line than the
Sun Sailor is charging us.
Staff recommends that the City of Hopkins designate the Sun Newspapers as the
Official Newspaper for 2010
Alternatives
1. Designate the Sun Sailor as Hopkin's Oficial Newspaper
2. Designate the Lakeshore Weekly as the Official Newspaper
Staff recommends alternative one.
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