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Date: Item No.
DESIGNATION OF LEGAL NEWSPAPER FOR 2018
Proposed Action
Staff recommends adoption of the following motion: Move to designate the St. Paul Pioneer Press
as Lakeville’s official legal newspaper for 2018.
Overview
Minnesota Statute 412.831 requires annual designation of an Official Newspaper: “The council
shall, annually at its first meeting of the year, designate a legal newspaper of general circulation in
the city as its official newspaper, in which shall be published such ordinances and other matters
as are required by law to be so published and such other matters as the council may deem it
advisable and in the public interest to have published in this manner.”
As required, each year the City designates a newspaper to be used for its legal notices. For 2018, a
bid was received for legal newspaper designation from the St. Paul Pioneer Press. This paper
currently qualifies for designation as a legal newspaper. It is delivered to 227,064 people, at a
reasonable rate and a flexible schedule for posting notices. Therefore, staff recommends
designating the St. Paul Pioneer Press as the City’s legal newspaper for 2018.
Primary Issues to Consider
• Costs
• Circulation
• Deadlines
(See attached analysis of primary issues.)
Supporting Information
Sun Thisweek bid
St. Paul Pioneer Press bid
Financial Impact: $ Budgeted: Y☒ N☐ Source:
Related Documents: (CIP, ERP, etc.):
Envision Lakeville Community Values: A Sense of Community and Belonging
Report Completed by: Tierney Helmers, Communications Manager
2.50/in City Clerk
January 2, 2018
Sun Thisweek bid and St. Paul Pioneer Press bid
Analysis of Primary Issues:
2018 Costs:
Paper Ad cost per inch Additional Costs
Lakeville Sun Thisweek $8.50 (up $0.25 from 2017) $20 for typing
St. Paul Pioneer Press $6.00 $0 for typing
Circulation:
Paper Circulation
Lakeville Sun Thisweek 16,497
St. Paul Pioneer Press 227,064
Deadlines:
Deadline for the Pioneer Press is 12 p.m. the day prior to the day the notice would run.
For a notice running Saturday, Sunday or Monday, the deadline is Friday at 12 p.m.
Deadline for Sun Thisweek is 4 p.m. on Tuesday for publication on Friday of that week.