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MEMO TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />FROM: CLERK -ADMINISTRATOR <br />DATE: JANUARY 19, 1987 ` <br />SUBJECT: OFFICIAL NEWPAPER PROPOSALS <br />Pursuant to the direction of the City Council, Staff submit- <br />ted a request to the New Brighton Bulletin, Minneapolis <br />Star and Tribune, St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press, and <br />the Focus, serving the City of Mounds View and requested <br />proposals from then for their service as the City's Official <br />Newspaper. It was requested that each proposal include <br />three basic pieces of information, namely: <br />1. Full amount of circulation within the jurisdictional <br />boundaries of the City of Mounds View. <br />2. Rates charge for publication of official public <br />notices. <br />3. Number and names of reporters assigned to our <br />community for coverage of general news information. <br />Attached is a summary of proposals received from the New <br />Brighton Bulletin, St. Paul Dispatch, and Minneapolis Star <br />and Tribune as of January 13, 1987. Based on this informa- <br />tion, Staff would recommend that the New Brighton Bulletin <br />be reappointed as the City's Official Newspaper in consider- <br />ation of the fact that of the three proposers, they have the <br />largest circulation in the City,and provide the lowest rates <br />for publication of official notices. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Staff would recommend the reappointment of <br />the New Brighton Bulletin as the City's official Newspaper. <br />DFP/dmv <br />