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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: April 7, 2020 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Award a Bid & Contract to Serve as the Official County <br />Newspaper from 7/1/20 – 6/30/21 <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: Staff published a Notice of Call for Bids to serve as the Official <br />County Newspaper beginning July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. 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 the Northern Kittitas County <br />Tribune and were opened on Friday March 20, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Commissioner’s <br />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 />Daily Record bid: <br /> <br />Legal Advertising – based on a 6 column format: $8.73 per column inch. <br /> Last years was the same. <br /> <br />Display Advertising – based on a 6 column format: $7.62 per column inch. <br /> Last years was the same. <br /> <br />The display rate pertains to advertising placed in the news section of the newspaper, <br />which could include (but is not limited to) special primary and general election notices). <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 five days a week Monday – Thursday and Saturday. Legal notices appear online <br />at no additional charge and their website averages 142,000 page views a month and is <br />updated daily. Legal notices are also published on www.wapublicnotices.com through <br />the Washington Newspaper Publisher Association at no additional charge. <br /> <br /> Northern Kittitas County Tribune bid: <br /> <br />Legal Advertising – based on a per column inch for first insertion date is $10.00 <br />and $9.00 per column inch for subsequent insertions of the same legal notice (a <br />45% discount off their regular advertising open rate). Their single-column width <br />measures 1.67-inches with 6-columns across per page. (These rates are the same <br />as last year). <br /> <br />They publish once a week on Thursday and their average total paid circulation is 2,800. <br />Of that, 2,300 are purchased within Kittitas County, primarily Upper County each week