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89-032City of Southlake, Texas RESOLUTION NO. 89-32 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, DESIGNATING AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER AND APPROVING A CONTRACT FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS WITH THE FORT WORTH-STAR TELEGRAM. WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 12.05 of the City's Charter, the City Council is authorized to designate a newspaper of general circulation in the City as the official newspaper of the City, and shall cause to be published therein all ordinances, notices and other matters which are required to be published by the Charter, the ordinances of the City or the Constitution or laws of the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, the City is currently in the practice of using the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for its official publications; and WHEREAS, in order to avail itself of special rates offered by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, it is the intention of the City Council to hereby officially declare the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to be the "official newspaper" of the City and to enter into a contract with the Newspaper for such services. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE: Section 1. That all of the above premises are found to be true and correct and are incorporated into the body of this resolution as if copied in their entirety. Section 2. That the City Council hereby designates the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as its "official newspaper" and hereby directs that all ordinances, notices and other matters which are required to be published by the Charter, the ordinances of the City or the Constitution or laws of the State of Texas, shall be published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Section 3. That the City Council hereby approves a Contract for Official Publications in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A", with such publisher. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver such Contract to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on behalf of the City. Section 4. That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. Resolution 89-32 Page 2 PASSED AND APPROVED this the 16th day of May, 1989. CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS .~ry ~ick~s, Mayor ATTEST: /k t ,~ '~&ndra n. neSrand City Secretary APPROVED AS TO City Attorney City of Southlake, Texas City of Southlake, Texas CONTRACT FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS STATE OF TEXAS * * COUNTIES OF TARRANT * AND DENTON * This Contract, dated as of May 16, 1989, is made and entered iDto by and between the City of Southlake, Texas (the "City") and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (the "Publisher"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 12.05 of the City's Charter, the City Council, by its resolution approved on May 16, 1989, has designated the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (the "Newspaper") to be the official newspaper of the City, such newspaper being of general circulation in the City. NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants, promises and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the City and the Publisher do hereby agree as follows: That the City will cause to be published in the Newspaper any ordinances, notices and other matters which are required to be published by the City's Charter, the ordinances of the Cityr or the Constitution or laws of the State of Texas. II. That the City and the Publisher hereby agree that the rates to be paid by the City for the City's official publications in the Newspaper will be ~ set forth in the Publisher's letter dated the /~' day of/~/~ , 1989, attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes; and, further, that affidavits of such publications shall be furnished to the City upon its request within a reasonable period of time at no additional charge to the City. III. This Contract may be modified or amended at any time upon the written approval by both the City and the Publisher. Any such amendment or modification shall be attached to and incorporated into this Contract. Contract for Official Publications Page 2 IV. This Contract shall be in full force and effect until the /~ day of yT~e~ , 1~, or its earlier termination or cancellation b r the City or the Publisher upon thirty (30) days' written notice to the other party. Written notice shall be deemed given upon a party hereto three (3) days following the deposit of such notice in the United States Mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to such party as follows: To the City: City Manager City of Southlake 667 North Carroll Avenue Southlake, Texas 76092 To the Publisher: Director of Advertising Fort Worth Star-Telegram 400 West Seventh Street Fort Worth, Texas 76102 V~ That the persons affixing their signatures hereto on behalf of the City and the Publisher are duly authorized and empowered to execute this Contract. CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS (the "City") ATTEST: Sandra L. LeGrand, City Secretary Curtis E. Hawk, City Manager FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM (the "Publisher") Director of Advertising City of Southlake, Texas MEMORANDUM May 12, 1989 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS F ROM: Sandra L. LeGrand, City Secretary SUBJECT: Resolution 89-32 Official Publication Resolution 89-32, authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the Fort Worth Star Telegram for the cities legal publication is self explanatory. As a result of very high legal publication costs last year, I approached the newspaper they stated if we would enter into an agreement with them, naming them as our official legal publication, the fees would be a great deal less. A year has passed and it is time to renew our agreement. have attached a letter which I received on this date, explaining the difference in costs with this agreement. If you have any questions, SLL/sl~ please give me a call. enclosure: Letter dated May 10, 1989 from Star Telegram Resolution 89-32 The contract agreement between the city and the newspaper. THE NEWS YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT iT Jerry Scott Classified Advertising Manager May 10, 1989 Honorable Mayor and Council City of Southlake 667 Nol~h Carroll Avenue Southlake, TX 76092 Fort Worth Star-Telegram MORNING EVENING SUNDAY MAY1 ' 1989 OFF~CE OF CITY e~, ,~,-, - -,=C~L~tARy Dear Honorable Mayor and Council: On behalf of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, I submit herein our bid of two optional plans to publish legal notices for the City of Southlake. Such legal notices will be published in any one of our four zoned Neighborhood Extra editions on Thursday at $.15 per agate line per day. The Sunday charge will be $.17 per agate line per day. Compare to the regular rate of $1.96 per line per day. We will publish recruitment ads in the classified section of the Star-Telegram at a rate of $2.15 per agate line per day. This special rate applies only if the Star-Telegram is chosen to publish legals for the City of Southlake. Such legal notices will be published in both the morning and evening editions of the full circulation Star-Telegram at the rate of $.38 per agate line per day. Compare to the regular rate of $2.68 per line per day. Legals to be published on Saturday or Sunday will be $.60 per agate line per day. We will publish recruitment and other display ads in the classified section of the Star-Telegram at a rate of $2.15 per agate line per day. This special rate applies only if the Star-Telegram is chosen to publish legals for the City of Southlake. Ads are to be set in agate type unless requested otherwise. We are pleased to offer you the large circulation of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram at this low bid. Your approval of our bid would be appreciated, and we look forward to serving you in tile coming year. Sincerely, Classified Advertising Manager 400 WEST SEVENTH STREET ! FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76101 / AREA CODE 817 / 390-7619