City of Madison - File #: 23967

• File #: 23967
• Version: 1
• Name: Capital Newspaper 2011-2012 Contract
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/21/2011
• In control: Clerk's Office
• On agenda: 10/4/2011
• Final action: 10/4/2011
• Enactment date: 10/5/2011
• Enactment #: RES-11-00871
• Title: Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a one-year contract with Madison Newspapers, Inc. d/b/a Capital Newspapers, for publication services.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/4/2011	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Under Suspension of Rules 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, and 2.25	Pass
9/21/2011	1	Clerk's Office	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, & 2.25 - MISC. ITEMS

Fiscal Note

Funds are included in the 2011 Operating Budget. No additional appropriation is required.

Title

Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a one-year contract with Madison Newspapers, Inc. d/b/a Capital Newspapers, for publication services.

Body

WHEREAS,  Wis. Stat. §985.06 requires municipalities to advertise for bids for an official city newspaper to publish the council proceedings and the city's legal notices for the ensuing year; and

WHEREAS,  the City advertised for bids and received one response from a newspaper with a paid circulation and otherwise qualified under Wis. Stat. §985.03: Madison Newspapers, Inc. d/b/a Capital Newspapers on behalf of The Wisconsin State Journal;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute a

one-year contract with Madison Newspapers, Inc. d/b/a Capital Newspapers, beginning June 1, 2011 and ending May 31, 2012 with the rate of payment based on the legal rate provided in Wis. Stat. §985.08; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that under the contract, The Wisconsin State Journal is designated as the official newspaper of the City of Madison and

will publish the proceedings of the Common Council, ordinances, orders and other official legal notices.