ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS - Cathy Sorensen, City Clerk
Title
DESIGNATE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR 2020
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 is a summary of the one bid received from the Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life which meets Statute:
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Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life (unchanged from 2019) |
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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 |
Wednesday @ 10AM |
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Primary Distribution |
Home delivery |
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Average Circulation |
15,000 |
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Blaine/ Spring Lake Park Life content on |
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abcnewspapers.com is in front of the paywall and |
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requires no subscription |
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Unique Website Visits |
54,000/month |
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Unique Website Visits |
3.8 million unique visits/month Over 4 million mobile 365,850 unique Anoka County visits/month |
Public notices are also 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 2020.