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Item No: 07A <br />Meeting Date: January 3, 2011 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br /> <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7718, Selection of the Official City <br />Newspaper, Acting Mayor, Treasurer and Official <br />Depositories for 2011 <br /> <br />Revised as of Jan 3, 2011 @ 3pm <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The Sun Focus and The Bulletin have each submitted proposals to be the City’s official <br />newspaper for 2011 (letters attached). The Council selected the Sun Focus as the City’s <br />primary newspaper last year. Both newspapers accept legal notices via e-mail. The Sun <br />Focus has not increased their rates for 2011. However, The Bulletin has significantly <br />lowered their rates. <br /> <br />The City selected the Sun Focus as the City’s official newspaper in 2010. At the January 9, <br />2009, City Council Meeting, the City Council expressed interest in selecting the Sun Focus <br />as the City’s official newspaper due to the better coverage that the Sun Focus provides on <br />City matters. The City Council officially selected the Sun Focus in 2009 and 2010 as the <br />City’s official newspaper by Resolution. Attached are Minutes from the January 9, 2009, and <br />January 11, 2010, City Council Meetings, for your reference. <br /> <br />Last year and in years previous the Council selected the St. Paul Pioneer Press as the City’s <br />secondary newspaper. Although the Pioneer Press did not submit a proposal this year, it <br />would certainly be acceptable for the Council to select the Pioneer Press as the City’s <br />secondary newspaper. <br /> <br />In addition, the attached resolution appoints the treasurer consistent with Section 6.04 of the <br />City Charter and also lists the city job positions that are authorized to conduct banking and <br />investment business on behalf of the City. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Review and Adopt Resolution 7718. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Desaree Crane <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Letter from Sun Newspapers (2011 rates) <br />2. Letters from Lillie Suburban Newspapers, Inc. (2010 rates and 2011 rates) <br />3. January 5. 2009, City Council Minutes pages 4-5 <br />4. January 11, 2010, City Council Minutes, page 6