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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF REPORT 6.4
TO: Mayor and Town Council February 15, 2022
SUBJECT: Ordinance No. 2022-01, adding a new Chapter 2-26 to the Danville
Municipal Code establishing no campaign contribution limits for Town
Council candidates
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
On February 1, 2021, the Town Council introduced Ordinance No. 2022-01. The ordinance
is a response to AB 571, state legislation which establishes campaign contribution limits
and creates significant additional paperwork for both candidates and the Town. The
ordinance, by providing that there will be no contribution limits in Town Council elections,
will maintain the status quo in Danville. The ordinance is now before the Council for
adoption.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Posting of the meeting agenda serves as notice to the general public.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-01, adding a new Chapter 2-26 to the Danville Municipal Code
establishing no campaign contribution limits for Town Council candidates.
Prepared by:
Robert B. Ewing
City Attorney
Attachment: Ordinance No. 2022-01
ORDINANCE NO. 2022-01
ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 2-26 TO THE DANVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE
ESTABLISHING NO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR TOWN
COUNCIL CANDIDATES
The Danville Town Council does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. ADDING CHAPTER 2-26 TO THE DANVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
Chapter 2-26 is hereby added to the Danville Municipal Code to read as follows:
2-26 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS
2-26.1 No Campaign Contribution Limits for Town Council Candidates.
There shall be no limit on monetary contributions from a person or campaign
committee to a candidate for Town Council.
SECTION 2. CODIFICATION. Section 1 of this ordinance shall be codified in the
Danville Municipal Code.
SECTION 3. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Clerk shall have
this ordinance published once in a newspaper of general circulation within 15 (fifteen)
days after adoption. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after adoption.
The foregoing Ordinance was introduced on February 1, 2022, and approved and
adopted by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting held on February 15, 2022,
by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAINED:
ABSENT:
______________________
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
_______________________
CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLERK
DocuSign Envelope ID: 6CD72620-420B-4283-90FB-96EB651E0085
PAGE 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2022-01
CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, Marie Sunseri, City Clerk of the Town of Danville, hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No. 2022-01 of said Town and that said
ordinance was published according to law.
Dated: __________________________
_________________________________
City Clerk of the
Town of Danville
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