070-22 - Resolution - City's Official NewspaperDocuSign Envelope ID: 912EA561-244F-418C-B630-AB2680F089A7
RESOLUTION NO. 070-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON,
DESIGNATING PORT ORCHARD INDEPENDENT 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 and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest
responsible bidder; and
WHEREAS, the City's current newspaper of record, selected via competitive bidding, is
the Kitsap Sun; and
WHEREAS, in Mid -June 2022, the City solicited bids for its newspaper of record, and
received two responses, from Kitsap Sun and Port Orchard Independent which both are a
qualified paper under RCW 65.16.020; and
WHEREAS, in reviewing the bids submitted, it was determined that the Port Orchard
Independent's submission is deemed the lowest 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 the Port Orchard
Independent 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 July 2022.
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Robert Putaansuu, Mayor
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Brandy Wallace MMC, City Clerk