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City secretary outlines options after Focus Daily ceased publication; Council leans toward daily legal notice paper
Summary
Brandy Brown presented three newspapers that meet Texas requirements for official city publication after Focus Daily stopped publishing; staff said the Ellis County Press, the Rambler, and the Daily Commercial Record meet requirements and recommended a daily paper for timely bid and notice posting.
Brandy Brown, City Secretary, told the Council that state law requires the city to designate an official newspaper annually and that Focus Daily — the paper the city has used in recent years — stopped publishing on Dec. 11.
Brown and several neighboring city secretaries researched seven local newspapers and narrowed the options to three publications that meet state requirements and serve Glenn Heights: the Ellis County Press (weekly print, daily online), the…
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