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MINUTES
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2001 - NOON
COUNCIL HEARING ROOM
990 PALM STREET - SAN LUIS OBISPO
1. CALL TO ORDER: 12:15 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL AND INTRODUCTIONS
Present: Trish Avery, John Spatafore, Chuck Stevenson, Sandi Sigurdson,
Amy Shore
Staff: Lee Price, Jeff Jorgensen, Diane Reynolds
2. OATH OF OFFICE
City Clerk Price administered the Oath of Office to all Committee members.
3. APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
Moved by Stevenson/Spatafore to appoint Sandi Sigurdson as Committee Chair;
unanimous. Moved by Spatafore/Sigurdson to appoint Chuck Stevenson as Committee
Vice Chair; unanimous.
4. DISCUSSION OF ELECTION CAMPAIGN REGULATIONS ORDINANCE
City Clerk Price provided agenda packets to the Committee. She reviewed the
Committee’s process and timeline for providing recommendations to the Council for
amendments to the ordinance.
City Clerk Price reviewed the recommended changes highlighted in the Election
Campaign Regulations Legislative Draft, stating that the edits bring the ordinance into
conformance with changes in State regulations, and provide additional clarity and
consistency.
City Attorney Jorgensen summarized the history of the ordinance and the background
about former committee reviews.
After discussion, the Committee made the following requests:
• City Clerk to bring an Election Handbook (binder) and a 2002 Election
Calendar to the next meeting.
ELECTION CAMPAIGN REGULATIONS COMMITTEE
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• City Attorney to research and bring back information about political campaign
signs regulations.
• Committee members will contact citizens in the community who have
experience with the municipal elections process for their input on the
ordinance.
• City Clerk to provide information on previous candidates’ costs for running for
office.
The Committee will continue discussions at the next meeting on the following issues:
• Adjusting contribution limits
• Adjusting disclosure limits
• Enforcement and penalties
• Signage
• Aggregate contributions
• Clean up unclear ordinance language
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
Marc Brazil, SLO, expressed his concern that any amendments to the ordinance address
consistency in enforcement and penalties. He also stated that the ordinance should read
clearly on the issue of business and aggregate contributions.
6. NEXT MEETING: Friday, November 16, 2001, Noon.
7. ADJOURNED: 1:30 p.m.