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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Leslie Locke, Deputy Clerk of the Board
DATE: January 20, 2015
SUBJECT: BID CALL re: Publication of County Legal Notices; Bids Accepted Until
9:30 a.m. and Opened and Read Publicly at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March
9, 2015 in the Commissioners' Chamber
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Approve BID CALL re: Publication of County Legal Notices; Bids Accepted Until 9:30 a.m. and Opened
and Read Publicly at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 9, 2015 in the Commissioners' Chamber
ANALYSIS:
Per RCW 36.72.075 the County must designate an Official County Newspaper at their first Regular Meeting
in April. Bidders must have five weeks to prepare and submit their bids to the Clerk of the Board.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve BID CALL re: Publication of County Legal Notices; Bids Accepted Until 9:30 a.m. and Opened
and Read Publicly at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 9, 2015 in the Commissioners' Chamber
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Please publish (2) two times: January 21 and 28, 2015
Bill: Acct. No. 15829
c/o Jefferson County Commissioners
P.O. Box 1220
Port Townsend, WA 98368
CALL FOR BIDS
FOR PUBLICATION OF OFFICIAL LEGAL NOTICES
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Jefferson County, State
of Washington, will receive sealed bids for the printing and publication of Official
Legal Notices. Sealed bids will be received up until the hour of 9:30 a.m.
Monday, March 9, 2015 at the offices of the Board of County Commissioners,
1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Said bids will be publicly
opened and read at 10:00 a.m.
Bids shall be submitted in accordance with the bid form and instructions on file
with the Clerk of the Board of Jefferson County Commissioners at the address as
noted above, where copies may be obtained.
Signed this 20`x' day of January, 2015.
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
David Sullivan, Chairman
RCW 36.72.075: Official county newspaper.
RCW 36.72.075
Official county newspaper.
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At its first April meeting, the county legislative authority shall let a contract to a legal newspaper
qualified under this section to serve as the official county newspaper for the term of one year beginning
on the first day of July following. If there be at least one legal newspaper published in the county, the
contract shall be let to a legal newspaper published in the county. If there be no legal newspaper
published in the county, the county legislative authority shall let the contract to a legal newspaper
published in an adjacent county and having general circulation in the county.
When two or more legal newspapers are qualified under the provisions of this section to be the
official county newspaper, the county auditor shall advertise, at least five weeks before the meeting at
which the county legislative authority shall let the contract for the official county newspaper, for bid
proposals to be submitted by interested qualified legal newspapers. Advertisement of the opportunity to
bid shall be mailed to all qualified legal newspapers and shall be published once in the official county
newspaper. The advertisement may designate the form which notices shall take, and may require that
the successful bidder provide a bond for the correct and faithful performance of the contract.
The county legislative authority shall let the contract to the best and lowest responsible bidder,
giving consideration to the question of circulation in awarding the contract, with a view to giving
publication of notices the widest publicity.
[1977 c 34 § 2.]
http: // app.leg.wa.gov /rcw /default.aspx ?cite= 36.72.075 1/9/2015
Legal Newspaper for
Jefferson County, State of Washington
BIDDER
Name of Newspaper
Newspaper Publisher
Address of Publisher
Phone:
Fax:
E -mail:
BID BREAKDOWN
The undersigned does hereby submit the following bid for legal publication for Jefferson County as
required by law or by order of the judge of court:
BID AMOUNT of $ per column inch.
Font for Legal Notices
Type Size for legal notices (point)
The fee for the advertisement for the legal
newspaper contract provided by Jefferson
County at the above rate and hereby
attached is:
Number of times the newspaper is
published each week
Legal notices must be submitted for
Check all that apply:
publication by:
❑ Fax
❑ E -Mail
❑ Other
Number of days legal notices must be
submitted prior to publication date
Time of day legal notices must be
submitted in order to make the publication
deadline
Items included in bid price:
Use of County Logo to identify where County legal
notices begin
• A location map as appropriate for a specific notice
Two (2) free subscriptions to newspaper
On -Line subscription code
Optional Bid Item:
Publication of up to 12 "Press Releases,"
(no more than one per month) general
advertisements, or employment
advertisements in a section of the
newspaper other than the legal notice
section. These advertisements will be
coordinated through the County
Commissioners Office
The CIRCULATION for the named newspaper in Jefferson County is copies broken down
geographically as follows:
Zip Code /Community
Deliveries
News Stand
98368/Port Townsend
98325 /Chimacum
98339/Port Hadlock
98365 /Port Ludlow
98376 /Quilcene
98382 /Gardiner
98320 /Brinnon
98358/Nordland
98331 /Forks (West End)
The undersigned bidder does hereby declare that the above named newspaper is qualified per RCW 65.16
to be the legal newspaper for Jefferson County and has been approved by the Superior Court of Jefferson
County as such.
BIDDER:
Signed
Print or Type Name
ATTEST:
Signed
Print or Type Name
Date
Title
Date
Title