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Item No: 09A Meeting Date: January 7, 2019 Type of Business: CB Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Nyle Zikmund, City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 9056, Approving Acting Mayor, Treasurer, City’s Official Newspaper and Official Depositories for 2019 Background: In accordance with Minnesota state law, it requires the City Council to annually select an Acting Mayor from among City Council Members. In addition, state law also requires the City Council to annually select an official depository for City funds. In 2018, the Acting Mayor was Council Member Gunn. In addition. Minnesota state law requires the City Council to annually designate a legal newspaper of general circulation in the City as its official newspaper In accordance with Section 6.04, of the Mounds View City Charter, it requires the City Council to appoint a City Treasurer. Discussion: The Sun Focus, the Bulletin and the Shoreview Press have each submitted proposals to be the City’s official newspaper for 2019 (proposal letters attached). The Council selected the Sun Focus as the City’s primary newspaper last year. The City Council expressed interest in selecting the Sun Focus as the City’s official newspaper in previous years due to the better news coverage that the Sun Focus provides on City matters. In regard to circulation in Mounds View, both the Sun Focus and The Bulletin delivers their newspapers to approximately the same number of households at 3,500. However, The Shoreview Press has indicated that circulation in Mounds View is minimal. Lillie Suburban Newspapers (New Brighton Bulletin) $4.85 per column inch for a one- time publication; and $4.25 per column inch for each additional publication (? characters per inch, 9 lines per inch) Deadline is 3:00 pm Thursday for following Tuesday’s weekly publication. Sun Media (Mounds View- New Brighton Sun-Focus) $7.00 per column inch (320 characters per inch, 9 lines per inch) Deadline is 11:00 am Monday for Friday’s weekly publication. Press Publications (Shoreview Press) $5.36 ($5.20 last year) per column inch (300 character per inch, 9 lines per inch) Deadline is every other Wednesday by 5:00 pm for following Tuesday’s bi-weekly publication.