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Commission directs draft of election rules: petitions, filing fee and sign-bond language to return for first reading
Summary
City attorney presented options for municipal election rules and the commission directed staff to draft an ordinance that sets petition thresholds (50 for commissioner, 100 for mayor), to draft a municipal filing fee at 2% of salary, and to draft sign-bond language focused on larger/commercial signs with a $500 bond and a 10-day removal window after an individual's election.
The city attorney’s office presented draft language and options for an ordinance to regulate campaign filing fees, sign bonds and petition thresholds, and the commission provided direction to prepare a formal ordinance for first reading.
Presentation and legal context: Assistant City Attorney Iain Grigorchik reviewed the state-required election assessment (calculated as 1% of the annual salary for the position and remitted to the Supervisor of Elections) and explained the city’s optional tools: a municipal campaign filing fee, a sign bond to secure removal of campaign signs, and petition-circulator rules. Grigorchik said the city may set a…
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