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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: April 4, 2017 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Award a Bid & Contract to Serve as the Official County <br />Newspaper from 7/1/17 – 6/30/18 <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: Staff published a Notice of Call for Bids to serve as the Official <br />County Newspaper beginning July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. Staff published the <br />Call for Bids and sent a letter with a copy of the notice to the Daily Record and the <br />Northern Kittitas County Tribune. <br /> <br />Sealed Bids were received from the Daily Record and opened on Friday March 24, 2017 <br />at 12:00 p.m. in the Commissioner’s office. <br /> <br />According to RCW 36.72.075, “the county legislative authority shall let the contract to <br />the best and lowest responsible bidder, giving consideration to the question or circulation <br />in awarding the contract, with a view to giving publication of notices the widest <br />publicity”. <br /> <br />INTERACTION: <br /> <br />Daily Record bid: <br /> <br />Legal Advertising – based on a 6” column format: $8.73 per column inch. <br /> Last year’s was $8.65 <br /> <br />Display Advertising – based on a 6” column format: $7.62 per column inch. <br /> Last year’s was $7.55 <br /> <br />According to the Daily Record they have the highest reach and circulation of newspapers <br />in Kittitas County. Their average paid daily circulation is 4,400. They publish legal <br />notices six days a week Monday – Saturday. Legal notices appear online at no additional <br />charge and their website averages 200,000 page views a month and is updated daily. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: Consider approving a Resolution Awarding a Bid for the <br />Official County Newspaper for the term beginning July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 <br />and to authorize the Board to sign a Contract between Kittitas County and the Daily <br />Record. <br /> <br />HANDLING: Staff has prepared a Resolution & Contract for your consideration. <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: Bid from the Daily Record <br />Resolution to Award Official County Newspaper <br />Contract between Kittitas County and the Daily Record <br /> <br />LEAD STAFF: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board <br />