AWARDS - PRESENTATIONS - ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS - Cathy Sorensen, City Clerk
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DESIGNATE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR 2019
Background
State Law and City Code require that City Council designate a single newspaper as its official newspaper:
CHAPTER 12. - MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
Sec. 12.01. - Official publications.
The council shall annually designate a legal newspaper of general circulation in the city as its official newspaper in which shall be published ordinances and other matters required by law to be so published as well as such other matters as the council may deem it in the public interest to have published in this manner.
Minnesota Statute 331A.02, Subd. 1 defines the qualifications for a publication to be designated as an official newspaper. Below are summaries of bids received from the Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life, Pioneer Press, and Star Tribune, all of which meet Statute:
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Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life (unchanged from 2018) |
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Publication Cost: |
$10.75/column inch |
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Manual Typeset |
$20/notice (if needed) |
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Frequency: |
1 day/week- Fridays |
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Deadline |
Monday @ 3PM |
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Primary Distribution |
Home delivery |
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Average Circulation |
15,071 |
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The Blaine/ Spring Lake Park Life content on |
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abcnewspapers.com is in front of the paywall and |
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people do not need to subscribe to view |
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Unique Website Visits |
54,000/month |
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Pioneer Press |
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Publication Cost: |
$6.00 per column inch/1-time publication |
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$5.50/column inch/each additional publication |
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Manual Typeset |
N/A |
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Frequency: |
7 days/week |
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Deadline |
Noon day prior to notice |
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Friday noon for Saturday, Sunday, Monday |
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Primary Distribution |
Online/home delivery |
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Average Circulation |
202,580 home delivery - full run |
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7,162 Anoka County |
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40,083 online subscriptions |
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Unique Website Visits |
2.8 million unique visits/month |
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Star Tribune |
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Publication Cost: |
$1.31 per line if sole publisher (comparable to $11.79/9-line column inch; typical rate is $5.61 per line) |
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Manual Typeset |
N/A |
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Frequency: |
7 days/week |
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Deadline |
2 days prior to first notice @ 4PM |
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Friday noon for Saturday, Sunday, Monday |
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Primary Distribution |
Online/home delivery |
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Average Circulation |
140,910 (Mondays) - 399,120 (Sundays) 25,500 Anoka County subscriptions 5,000 online Anoka County subscriptions |
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Unique Website Visits |
3.8 million unique visits/month Over 4 million mobile 365,850 unique Anoka County visits/month |
While designating one of the larger publications could likely decrease costs staff believes that continuing to publish in the Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life will reach more Blaine residents. It should be noted that public notices are posted at City Hall, on the City’s website and distributed through the CivicPlus NotifyMe communication tool.
Recommendation
By motion, designate Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life as the official newspaper for 2019.