§ 4-8-6. ACTIVITY REPORTS.

(A)

Each registrant shall file between the first and tenth day of April, July, October, and January a report of the registrant's lobbying activities during the previous calendar quarter. The report shall be on a form prescribed by the city clerk and shall include:

(1)

a complete and current statement of the information required to be reported under § 4-8-5 ( Registration );

(2)

the amount of compensation or reimbursement paid by each client for lobbying, reported in the following categories unless reported as an exact amount:

(a)

$0 if no compensation or reimbursement is received;

(b)

less than $10,000;

(c)

at least $10,000 but less than $25,000;

(d)

at least $25,000 but less than $50,000;

(e)

at least $50,000 but less than $100,000;

(f)

at least $100,000 but less than $200,000;

(g)

at least $200,000 but less than $300,000;

(h)

at least $300,000 but less than $400,000;

(i)

at least $400,000 but less than $500,000;

(j)

$500,000 and over reported as an exact amount.

(3)

total expenditures on lobbying broken down into the following categories, provided that cumulative expenditures of more than $50 per day per City official in a designated reporting category shall be itemized by the date, name, and address of the recipient, the amount, and the purpose of the expenditure:

(a)

reimbursement to others;

(b)

food and beverages;

(c)

transportation and lodging;

(d)

gifts, other than awards and mementos;

(e)

entertainment;

(f)

awards and mementos;

(g)

honorariums;

(h)

expenditures made for the attendance of city council members at political fund-raisers or charity events;

(i)

expenditures made by the registrant, or by others on the registrant's behalf or with the registrant's direction, for broadcast or print advertisements, direct mailings, and other media communications if:

(i)

the communications are made to a person other than a member, employee, or stockholder of an entity that reimburses, retains, or employs the registrant; and

(ii)

the communications support or oppose, or encourage others to support or oppose, municipal questions; and

(j)

payments made by the registrant, or by others on the registrant's behalf or with the registrant's direction, to persons who are paid to assist or prepare the lobbyist on a municipal question to influence a City official through broadcast or print advertisements, social media, direct mailing, or other media communications, including political experts, strategists, pollsters, media consultants, and public relations consultants, excluding purely clerical or administrative assistance;

(4)

each business entity in which the registrant knows, or should know, that a City official is a proprietor, partner, director, officer, manager, employer, employee, or in which a City official has a substantial economic interest, and with which the registrant has engaged in an exchange of money, goods, services, or anything of value if the total of the exchanges is $500 or more in a calendar quarter, identified by:

(a)

the name and address of the business entity;

(b)

the City official; and

(c)

the date, amount, and nature of the exchange;

(5)

if the mayor, a council member, a relative of the mayor or a council member within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, or a person living in the mayor's or a council member's household is employed by the registrant, the name of the employer, the name of the person employed, and the nature of the employment.

(B)

A registrant shall make a reasonable allocation of compensation between compensation for lobby activity and compensation for other activities.

(C)

Each registrant shall obtain and preserve all accounts, bills, receipts, books, papers, and documents necessary to substantiate an activity report required to be made under this section for two years from the date of filing the report.

(D)

A registrant shall file a quarterly activity report whether or not reportable activity has occurred during the preceding quarter. If no reportable events have occurred, a statement to that effect is sufficient for the report.

Source: Ord. No. 20160922-005, Pt. 1, 6-1-17 .

Editor's note

Ordinance No. 20160922-005 takes effect on June 1, 2017.