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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: April 1, 2025 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to approve a Resolution to Award a Bid & <br />Contract to Serve as the Official County Newspaper from <br />7/1/25 – 6/30/26. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: Staff published a Notice of Call for Bids to serve as the Official <br />County Newspaper beginning July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The Commissioners <br />office Staff published the Call for Bids and sent a letter with a copy of the notice to the <br />Daily Record and the Northern Kittitas County Tribune. <br /> <br />Sealed Bids were received from the Northern Kittitas County Tribune and was opened on <br />Wednesday March 19, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in the Commissioner’s office. <br /> <br />According to RCW 36.72.075 the county legislative authority shall award 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 publicity. <br /> <br />INTERACTION: <br /> <br />NORTHERN KITTITAS COUNTY TRIBUNE BID: <br /> <br />Legal Advertising – based on a per column inch for first insertion date is $11.00 <br />and $10.00 per column inch for subsequent insertions of the same legal notice. <br />Their single-column width measures 1.67-inches with 6-columns across per page. <br /> <br />The NKCT publishes once a week on Thursday and their average total paid circulation is <br />2,200. Of that, 1,750 are purchased within Kittitas County, primarily Upper County each <br />week (ex: mailed to subscribers, local business news stands and vending boxes), thus the <br />public notices would be viewed by over 4,375 readers each week. The legal notices are <br />also posted online through the Washington Newspaper Publisher Association <br />www.wapublicnotices.com each week, at no additional charge. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: Approve a Resolution Awarding a Bid for the Official County <br />Newspaper for the term beginning July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, and to authorize <br />the Board to sign a Contract between Kittitas County and the Northern Kittitas County <br />Tribune. <br /> <br />HANDLING: Staff has prepared a Resolution & Contract for your consideration. <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: Bid from the Northern Kittitas County Tribune <br />Resolution to Award Official County Newspaper <br />Contract between Kittitas County and the Northern Kittitas County <br />Tribune <br /> <br />LEAD STAFF: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board