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L :iJAN (07 A92 Section 50. 011, Florida Statutes, sets out the requirements for the newspaper, which are generally that the publication be available once a week, or more often, containing at least 25% of its words in English, qualified to be second-class matter at a post office, for sale to the public generally, available to the public generally for the publication of official business notices, and customarily containing information of the public character or of interest or of value to the residents or owners of property in the county where published. The Vero Beach Press Journal and -the Sebastian Sun certainly meet these qualifications and arguably the Miami Herald and the Today newspaper do also. Recommended Action: That the Board choose a newspaper for the 1992 calendar year into which legal advertisements may be placed and authorize the adoption and execution of the attached resolution. Chairman Eggert wanted this item removed for discussion because it doesn't designate a specific newspaper. Attorney Vitunac felt that both the Vero Beach Press Journal and the Sebastian Sun meet the criteria. The newspaper has to be published weekly or more often. He felt the Miami Herald may or may not, depending on how you look at the criteria. It is not actually published in this county, but it is distributed here. The question is whether people look to that paper for their local news. Commissioner Bowman noted that the Miami Herald no longer carries an Indian River section. Commissioner Scurlock questioned whether the Sebastian Sun would reach enough people and asked if we have an ability to split the advertising of public notices. Attorney Vitunac advised that we have the ability to publish in both papers, but there has to be only one that would satisfy the law. For the County Legal Department it is much more convenient to have a paper that publishes daily because some publication deadlines are very hard to meet in a paper that publishes only once a week. 12