HomeMy WebLinkAboutres1996-009WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 1996 -16
CLEARANCES
Initial
Date
Date Received in Council Office
Agenda Date
Assigned To:
Originator County Council
01/03/96
01/23/96
Finance/Council
Division Head:
Dept. Head:
Prosecutor
Purchasing/Budget:
Executive:
SUBJECT.-
Resolution direct Auditor to advertise for bids for County's official newspaper
ATTACHMENTS:
SUMMARYSTATEMENT• Please com lete sections of box as appropriate & explain the item below.
Related County Contract #: Should clerk schedule a hearing? (Y/N) N Requested Date:
'this is a standard action required of the Council pursuant to State Law. Tha Auditor will open the bids and present a
recommended contract for Council approval .later this Spring (usually in April or early May)
CLERK'S RECOMMENDED MOTION (for final action):
I move to approve....
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN.-
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1/23196: Amended and approved 7 -0. Resolution #96 -009
Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only):
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PROPOSED BY: Clerk of the Council
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1123196
1 RESOLUTION NO. a tinn 9
2 DIRECTING THE AUDITOR TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE COUNTY'S
3 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
4 WHEREAS, RCW 36.72.075 requires the County Council to contract with a legal
5 newspaper to serve one year as the official county newspaper beginning on the first day of
6 July; and
7 WHEREAS, said statute requires the County Auditor to advertise for bid proposals
8 from qualified legal newspapers interested in serving as the official county newspaper; and
9 WHEREAS, said advertisement shall be made at least five weeks before the meeting
10 at which the Council shall let the contract for the official county newspaper;
11 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that the
12 County Auditor is directed to issue a call for bids for the official daily County newspaper
13 for the year beginning July 1, 1996 and ending June 30, 1997, both dates inclusive. Said bids
14 will be opened, read aloud and considered at 9:00 a.m. March 8, 1996 in the Auditor's
15 Conference Room, Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham.
16 BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that this resolution shall also be effective for future
17 years without need for further Council action, and that the Auditor annually perform the
18 call for bids using similar methods and time frames as shown above.
19 APPROVED this 23 day of January , 1996.
20
21 ATTEST:
22
23 Dana Brown- avis, Clerk of tb6 Council
24 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
26 Civil Deputy Prosecutor
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATASHINGTON/-�11
L. Ward Nelson, Council Chair
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( ) Approved (.) Denied