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Item No: 09A <br />M0U-TNDitSVVtEW <br />Meeting Date: January 4, 2021 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />City Administrator Review: <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Nyle Zikmund, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 9370, Approving Acting Mayor, Treasurer, <br />City's Official Newspaper and Official Depositories for 2021 <br />Introduction: <br />Minnesota state law requires the City Council to annually select an Acting Mayor from its <br />existing Council Members. In 2020, the Acting Mayor was Council Member Hull. <br />State law also requires the City Council to annually select an official depository for City funds <br />and designate a legal newspaper of general circulation in the City as its official newspaper. <br />The Mounds View City Charter, Section 6.04, requires the City Council to annually appoint a <br />City Treasurer. <br />Discussion: <br />The Twin Cities Pioneer Press, The Life, and the Shoreview Press have each submitted <br />proposals to be the City's official newspaper for 2021 (proposal letters attached). The Council <br />selected the Shoreview Press as the City's primary newspaper for 2020. <br />Twin Cities Pioneer Press <br />$6.30 per column inch ($.045 <br />Deadline is 12:00 pm the day prior <br />per line and there are 14 lines <br />to running notice. Friday at 12:00 <br />per column inch) <br />pm is the deadline to submit if <br />running on Sat/Sun/Mon. <br />ECM, Inc. (The Life, <br />$7.00 per column inch (320 <br />Deadline is 10:00 am Tuesday for <br />previously the Sun- <br />characters per inch, 9 lines per <br />the following Friday's weekly <br />Focus) <br />inch) <br />publication. <br />Press Publications <br />$6.28 per column inch (300 <br />Deadline is every other <br />(Shoreview Press) <br />character per inch, 9 lines per <br />Wednesday by 5:00 pm for <br />inch) <br />following Tuesday's bi-weekly <br />publication. <br />There is an increase for publication in the Shoreview Press from $5.36 to $6.28 per column inch. <br />There is no increase from last year for publication in The Life or Pioneer Press. The Council has <br />traditionally selected the Pioneer Press as the City's secondary newspaper. The Twin Cities <br />Pioneer Press has also placed a bid to be our primary newspaper for 2021. <br />The attached resolution also appoints the treasurer consistent with Section 6.04 of the City <br />Charter, and lists the city job positions authorized to conduct banking and investment business <br />on behalf of the City. Staff recommends no changes from 2020. In addition, staff also <br />recommends the City's official depositories remain the same for 2021. <br />The Mounds View Vision <br />A Thriving Desirable Community <br />