Subject:
Title
An Ordinance of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Amending Title 1, Chapter 5, of the Erie Municipal Code to Establish a Local Process for Local Campaign Finance Complaints
Body
Department: Town Attorney
Presenter(s): Kendra Carberry, Town Attorney
Time Estimate: 30 minutes
only required for non-consent items
Recommendation
Staff recommends the Board of Trustees adopt Ordinance 21-2022 to establish a local process for handling local campaign finance complaints.
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Summary and Background of Subject Matter:
Until recently, the Fair Campaign Practices Act, C.R.S. § 1-45-101, et seq., and rules promulgated by the Colorado Secretary of State included a process by which the Colorado Secretary of State handled all complaints involving campaign finance matters, even local matters. A change in state law placed on municipal clerks the responsibility to handle local campaign finance matters.
As such, the Town needs to put a local process in place so that it is prepared to handle a campaign finance complaint involving a municipal campaign finance matter should one arise. The Erie Municipal Code is currently silent on how a campaign finance complaint involving a municipal campaign finance matter would be handled. The Ordinance creates a process the Town Clerk would administer that is procedurally similar to what the Colorado Secretary of State follows when handling campaign finance complaints on non-local matters.
Fiscal Impact: None
Board Priority(s) Addressed:
ü Effective Governance
Attachment(s):
1. Ordinance 21-2022