033-20 - Resolution - Official Newspaper DesignationRESOLUTION NO. 033-20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DESIGNATING
THE KITSAP SUN AS THE CITY'S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD.
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; and
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 and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest
responsible bidder; and
WHEREAS, the City's previous newspaper of record, selected via competitive bidding,
was the Port Orchard Independent; and
WHEREAS, the City had been using the services of the Port Orchard Independent
despite the fact that the paper is only publishing on-line due to the economic crisis resulting
from the COVID-19 pandemic and, in accordance with RCW 65.16.020 that paper is no longer
qualified to serve as the City's newspaper of record; and
WHEREAS, in order to meet the statutory obligations for publishing notices and
legislation in a print media (as opposed to online only), the City had also been publishing all
notices in the Kitsap Sun, a qualified newspaper pursuant to RCW 65.16.020 with a general
circulation in the City, at a substantial cost to the City; and
WHEREAS, in May 2020, the City solicited bids for its newspaper of record, and received
two responses, including one from the Port Orchard Independent which is not a qualified paper
under RCW 65.16.020; and
WHEREAS, on June 23, 2020 the Council rejected all bids and directed staff to re -
advertise, modifying the advertisement to solicit additional information regarding circulation
within the City of Port Orchard to ensure the selected newspaper qualifies as a newspaper of
general circulation within the City, as required by RCW 65.16.020; and
WHEREAS, however, because the Port Orchard Independent was no longer qualified to
serve as the City's newspaper, and due to the City's emergent need to publish all actions,
including those that are COVID-19 related, the City temporarily appointed the Kitsap Sun, as the
newspaper of record; and
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WHEREAS, on July 8, 2020 the City re -solicited for bids for the City's official newspaper
and closed the bid on July 23, 2020. Based on the bids received, Kitsap Sun is the low bid; 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 Port Orchard City Council designates the Kitsap Sun as 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 28th day of July 2020.
ATTEST:
Br dy inearson, MMC, City Clerk
Robert Putaansuu, Mayor
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