12-R-02A Designating the City's Official NewspaperRESOLUTION NO. 12-R-02A
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS DESIGNATING THE CITY'S OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 78-M-22 requires the City Council, by Resolution, to
designate a public newspaper of general circulation in the City of Schertz as the City's official
newspaper; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 10-R-02, the City Council (i) designated the Daily
Commercial Recorder for the publication of legal notices and other City notices and
advertisements through September 30, 2010 and thereafter for the 2010-2011 fiscal year if the
City Council takes no contrary action; and (ii) designated the Northeast Herald as the secondary
newspaper for City publication; and
WHEREAS, the Daily Commercial Recorder and the Northeast Herald have agreed to
maintain the rates that they charge the City for publication of notices tluough December 31,
2013; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City (i)
to continue the designation of the Daily Commercial Recorder as the City's official newspaper
for the publication of legal notices and other City notices and advertisements through
December 31, 2013; and (ii) to continue the designation of theNortheast Herald as the secondary
City publication.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
THAT:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, hereby (i) continues the
designation of the Daily Commercial Recorder as the City's official newspaper for the
publication of all official legal notices and other City notices and advertisements through
December 31, 2013; and (ii) continues the designation of the Northeast Herald as the secondary
newspaper for City publications through December 31, 2013, pursuant to the terms approved by
Resolution No. 10-R-02.
Section 2. The City Secretary is directed to provide a copy of this Resolution to the
Daily Commercial Recorder and the Northeast Herald to evidence the City's continued
designation of the Daily Commercial Recorder as the City's official newspaper and the Northeast
Herald as the City's secondary newspaper.
Section. 3. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true,
and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section 4. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
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Section 5. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 6. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application
of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the Ciry
Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid
provision.
Section 7. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
Section 8. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final
passage, and it is so resolved.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, this 10th day of January, 2012.
CIT RTZ, XAS
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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(CITY SEAL)
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Agenda No. 3
CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM
City Council Meeting: January 10, 2012
Department:
Subject:
City Secretary
Resolution No. 12-R-02 -Designating the
Official City Newspaper
BACKGROUND
On February 2, 2010, the City Council selected the Daily Commercial Recorder as the City's
newspaper of record for legal notices, with the City's notices also to be published in the
Northeast Herald for no additional charge. The Daily Commercial Recorder and the Northeast
Herald agreed to the following pricing:
Service Standard Prices Discounted Prices
Offered to the City Savings
Per line $2.81 $2.34 $0.47
Per inch $29.30 $21.80 $7.50
Y4 page $433.80 $327 $106.80
The pricing agreement is up for renewal. The publications have agreed to maintain the above
pricing tluough December 2013.
Resolution No. 12-R-02 continues the designation of the Daily Commercial Recorder as the
City's official newspaper and the Northeast Herald as the City's secondary newspaper through
December 31, 2013, pwsuant to the above pricing.
FISCAL IMPACT
The pricing for City publications will remain the same tluough December 31, 2012.
RECOMMENDATION
Approval of Resolution No. 12-R-02
ATTACHMENT
Resolution No. 12-R-02
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