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DATE: January 3, 2023
CONSENT
AGENDA ITEM: Designate Official Publication Newspaper of Record
SUBMITTED BY: Julie Johnson, City Clerk
BACKGROUND:
Pursuant to Minn. State Statute § 412.831, the City Council is to select an official newspaper of
record for legal publications. From a financial and timeliness perspective, City Staff has had an
effective working relationship with the Stillwater Gazette as its official newspaper for the past
several weeks. The Stillwater Gazette meets all statutory requirements for legal publications, has
a reasonable publication schedule/deadline for submission, and its rates for publication are very
competitive.
ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL:
What newspaper should the City use for official publications?
PROPOSAL:
The City Council is asked to select an official newspaper.
RECOMMENDATION:
The City Council is respectfully requested to designate Stillwater Gazette as the City’s official
newspaper of record for 2023. The Stillwater Gazette publishes weekly and is readily available
to residents, therefore staff recommends choosing the Stillwater Gazette. As part of its consent
agenda, no specific motion is required. Should council choose to remove this item from its
consent agenda, the recommended motion for this action is as follows:
“Move to adopt Resolution 2023-002 designating the Stillwater Gazette as the official
newspaper of record for 2023.”
CITY OF LAKE ELMO
WASHINGTON COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-002
A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE STILLWATER GAZETTE AS THE CITY’S OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 412.831 states that a city council shall annually
at its first meeting of the year, designate a local newspaper of general circulation in the city as its
official newspaper for the publication of ordinances and other matters that are required by law and
deemed advisable by the council to be published; and
WHEREAS, the Stillwater Gazette is a newspaper of general circulation in the City and
the City wishes to designate it as its official newspaper.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council does hereby approve
the following:
That the City’s official newspaper is the Stillwater Gazette.
This resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo on this 3rd day of
January, 2023.
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Charles Cadenhead, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Julie Johnson, City Clerk