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Commissioners Office
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Leslie Locke,Executive Assistant
DATE: January 13,2020
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
2,2020 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 2, 2020 in the Commissioners' Chamber
ANALYSIS:
Per RCW 36.72.075 the County must designate an Official County Newspaper at its first Regular Meeting in
April. Bidders must have five weeks to prepare and submit their bids to the Clerk of the Board.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Cost to publish Bid Call.
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 2, 2020 in the Commissioners' Chamber
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Please publish one time: January 15, 2020
Bill: Acct. No. 15829 (Non-Departmental)
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 2, 2020 at the offices of the Board of County Commissioners, 1820
Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368. 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 13th day of January, 2020.
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Greg Brotherton, Chair
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: 0 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
98320Brinnon
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 Date
Print or Type Name Title
ATTEST:
Signed Date
Print or Type Name Title
RCW 36.72.075: Official county newspaper. Page 1 of 1
RCW 36.72.075
Official county newspaper.
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 clerk of the county legislative authority 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.
[ 2017c37 § 3; 1977c34§ 2.]
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=36.72.075 1/8/2020