064-24 - Resolution - Official Newspaper, Kitsap SunDocusign Envelope ID: 6FA36526-3BE1-4C90-8B8E-42902BB1B5A6
RESOLUTION NO. 064-24
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON,
DESIGNATING THE KITSAP SUN AS THE CITY'S OFFICAL NEWSPAPER OF
RECORD IN ACCORDANCE WITH RCW 65.16.
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 35A.21.230, each code city shall designate a qualified
official newspaper by resolution, and the qualifications for a legal newspaper are set out in
RCW 65.16.020;
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 35.23.352(8) and RCW 35A.21.230, the City of Port
Orchard, as a non -charter code city with a population under 20,000, the City must select its
official newspaper of record by formal bid to the paper of general circulation in the community;
and
WHEREAS, the City's current newspaper of record, selected via competitive bidding, is
the Kitsap Sun; and
WHEREAS, the City solicited bids for its newspaper of record, and received one
response, from Kitsap Sun; and
WHEREAS, in reviewing the bids submitted, it was determined that the audited
circulation for the Kitsap Sun make it the preferred, responsible bidder; now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES
AS FOLLOWS:
THAT: It is the intent of the Port Orchard City Council that the recitals set
forth above are hereby adopted and incorporated as findings in support of
this Resolution.
THAT: The City Council hereby accepts the bid received by Kitsap Sun in
response to the City's call for bids for the official newspaper.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, SIGNED by the Mayor and
attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage on this 12t" day of November 2024.
ATTEST:
Signed by:
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Brandy Wallace MMC, City Clerk
Signed by:
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Fred Chang, Mayor Pro -Tern
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