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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. -Cr ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT n Meeting Date: September 7, 1993 SUBJECT: Senior Times - Publication and Distribution Agreement DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: ( 1) Agreement Jerry M. Passmore (2) Proposal TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough - 732-8181 Chapel Hill - 968-4501 Mebane - 227-2031 Durham - 688-7331 Extension 2000 PURPOSE: Request to enter into an agreement with the Chapel Hill Herald Newspaper from October 1, 1993 to December 31, 1994 to print and assist in distributing the Orange County Senior Times to older adults. For the right to sell advertising in the Senior Times, the Chapel Hill Herald would provide ( 1) production staff (2) printing of 35,000 copies (3) Insert distribution in the Chapel Hill Herald and (4 ) funds to direct mail Senior Times to older adults registered with the Orange County Department on Aging. BACKGROUND: Published for the past thirteen years, the Orange County Senior Times has been published, printed and distributed by the Orange County Department on Aging in cooperation with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Friends of the Chapel Hill Senior Center, and the Recreation & Parks Departments of Orange, Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Senior Times expense is currently paid with county funds, donations and advertising sales begun in 1993 by the Department on Aging. Impact: The Agreement would increase circulation to many older adults presently not receiving the Senior Times, reduce county expense by $9,800 and eliminate DOA staff time in ad sales. RECON ENDATION(S) : The County Manager recommends approval and authorize the Chair to sign agreement. (ABS94#05)