All legal notices when required by state law or the Forks Municipal Code and all ordinances, or in the alternative a summary of the content of each ordinance if deemed more cost effective, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the city of Forks having the qualifications of a legal newspaper as prescribed by state law. The city council hereby reserves the right to designate different newspapers that meet the criteria for the particular purposes that the city council may find, from time to time, to be the most advantageous to the public interest for the particular notice.
(Ord. 243 § 1, 1982; Ord. 484 § 1, 2001)
When required to be published in a newspaper, the following notices and resolutions (including resolutions of intention) will be published in a Forks newspaper that is a qualified newspaper under state law and has general circulation within the city of Forks. Those items that shall be published shall be the following notices and/or resolutions, and those others as determined by the council or required elsewhere within the Forks Municipal Code, addressing or associated with:
(1) 
Local improvement district laws including LID bonds;
(2) 
The preparation of the annual city budget;
(3) 
Annexations;
(4) 
Bids for public works, the purchase of supplies and materials, requests for qualifications when required by law, solicitations for firms to be added to the city’s short works roster, etc.;
(5) 
Required notices mandated by state and/or federal law.
No resolution, unless associated with those items noted above, shall be required to be published in a Forks newspaper that is a qualified newspaper under state law and has general circulation within the city of Forks; however, the city council may from time to time decide that it would be in the best interest to publish specific resolutions and in those cases such resolutions shall comply with the requirements found in this chapter for legal notices and ordinances.
In the event the city council does not clearly specify a particular newspaper for the publication of a specific notice or resolution pursuant to FMC § 1.10.010, the publication of the notice shall be in a Forks newspaper that is a qualified newspaper under state law and has general circulation within the city of Forks.
(Ord. 243 § 2, 1982; Ord. 484 § 2, 2001)