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<br /> <br /> STAFF REPORT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />TO: Mayor Keis and Members of City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Heidi Heller, City Clerk <br /> DATE: January 12, 2022 <br /> RE: 2022 Designation of a Legal Newspaper <br /> <br /> <br />ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED: <br />Motion to designate the Pioneer Press as the City of Little Canada’s legal newspaper for 2022. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The City has received quotes from the Pioneer Press and Press Publication for 2022 Legal Newspaper <br />designation. Below is a comparison of the quotes: <br /> <br />Pricing for the Pioneer Press and Vadnais Press. <br /> <br /> 2022 2022 <br /> Pioneer Press Vadnais Press <br /> <br />Legal Rates $6.58/Column Inch $12.27/Column Inch <br /> ($0.47/line) ($1.36/line) <br /> 14 lines per inch 9 lines per inch <br /> <br />There are no longer any community newspapers specific to Little Canada. Both the Pioneer Press <br />and Vadnais Press are available both online and in print versions, with the legal publications <br />available online for anyone to view for free. <br /> <br />The Pioneer Press is published daily and legal publications can be published any day of the week. <br />The Pioneer Press did not increase their rates for 2019-2020, had a slight increase of $0.30/inch in <br />2021 and is proposing a $0.28/inch increase for 2022 (4.5%). Staff has been extremely satisfied with <br />their service for legal notices. The Vadnais Press is published once a week. <br /> <br />State Statute requires publication in a newspaper for all public hearings. The preferred newspaper for <br />a city’s publications is one that is located in that city and delivers to that city’s residents, otherwise it <br />essentially is up to the Council’s discretion which newspaper to use as long as all of the Council <br />members agree. Both of these options are a “qualified newspaper” per state statute. <br /> <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff recommends that the Council designate the Pioneer Press as the Little Canada Legal Newspaper <br />for 2022.