Article IV. - Disclosure of Lobbying Activities


3.20.110 - Quarterly disclosure.

For each calendar quarter in which a local governmental lobbyist was required to be registered, he or she shall file a quarterly report with the City Clerk. The reports shall be due no later than thirty (30) days after the end of the calendar quarter. The report shall contain the following information:

A.

The item(s) of governmental action and the name and address of the client(s) on whose behalf the local governmental lobbyist sought to influence.

B.

For each item of governmental action sought to be influenced, (1) the name of each city officer with whom the lobbyist communicated, (2) the name and title of any city board member or commissioner with whom the lobbyist communicated, and (3) the identity of any city employee with whom the lobbyist communicated identified only by the office or department in which the employee works and his or her job title.

C.

A brief narrative description (no longer than three sentences) of the position advocated by the local governmental lobbyist on behalf of the identified client.

D.

If any lobbyist, or a registered client at the behest of a lobbyist, employs or hires an elected city officeholder, candidate for elected city office, a designated employee, or a member of the immediate family of one of these individuals, the lobbyist shall disclose (1) the name of the person employed or hired, (2) a description of the services actually performed, and (3) the total payments made during the reporting period identified only by the following categories: less than $250; between $250 and $1,000; greater than $1,000 but less than $10,000; greater than $10,000.

E.

If any elected city officeholder or candidate for elected city office employs or hires a lobbyist to provide compensated services to the officeholder or candidate, the lobbyist shall disclose (1) the name of the person who employed or hired the lobbyist, (2) a description of the services actually performed, and (3) the total payments made during the reporting period identified only by the following categories: less than $250; between $250 and $1,000; greater than $1,000 but less than $10,000; greater than $10,000.

F.

If a lobbyist solicits any person to make a contribution to an elected city officeholder, candidate for city office or to any committee or fund controlled by such officeholder or candidate, the lobbyist shall disclose the names of the persons whom the lobbyist solicited, and the officeholder or candidate for whose benefit each solicitation was made. A solicitation does not include a request for a contribution made (1) in a mass mailing sent to members of the public, (2) in response to a specific request for a recommendation, (3) to a gathering which members of the public may attend, or (4) in a newspaper, on radio or television, or in any other mass media. A lobbyist does not "solicit" solely because his or her name is printed with other names on stationary or a letterhead used to request contributions. If a lobbyist makes a solicitation to more than fifty individual members or employees of a corporation, union or other association that is a registered client of the lobbyist, or if the lobbyist makes a solicitation to all members or employees of a corporation, union or association that is a registered client of the lobbyist, the lobbyist may choose to disclose the name of the registered client instead of the names of the persons whom the lobbyist actually solicited.

(Ord. 12803 § 3, 2007; Ord. 12782 § 3 (part), 2007; Ord. 12431 (part), 2002)