Title: P1 Advertising Contract with the Palm Beach Post

Recommendation:

I recommend approval of the advertising contract with the Palm Beach Post and authorize the Superintendent and Board Chairman to sign all necessary documents.

Description:

P1   Approve the advertising contract with the Palm Beach Post for announcement and recruitment advertisements.

·      The contract provides a discount of 16.5% off the current open rates for all announcement ads.  This would result in a savings of $78,706 per year for the District.

·      The District’s recruitment ads will be grouped together each week in order to reduce the space needed when ads are entered separately.  This will result in a lower total cost for the weekly recruitment ads for the entire School District.

 ·     Contract rates are effective May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007.

Financial Impact:
The financial impact to the District Budget is estimated to be an expenditure reduction of $78,705 per year (16.5% of current expenditure level of $477,000 spent per year).  The source of funds is the various schools and departments budgets.

For Additional Information, contact:

Joseph M. Moore (moorej@palmbeach.k12.fl.us)

Nat Harrington

Attachments (list):
Palm Beach Post Contract.pdf
PB Post Legal Checklist.pdf
QAP1.doc