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<br />Some local committee treasurers have voiced their preference for filing locally and maintaining <br />contact with a local filing officer; however, personal contact would be minimal since electronic <br />reports still would be required under this option. <br /> <br />C. The council also may impose reporting requirements in addition to those required by the State. <br />ORS 260.163 allows a city to impose additional campaign finance reporting requirements for local <br />elections, but only if it designates the city elections officer as the filing officer for those reports. The <br />ordinance could require the filing of paper reports in addition to electronic reports. <br /> <br />The costs of implementing this option would probably be somewhat greater than the costs of <br />implementing Option B. Requiring reports to also be filed in paper format to keep a remnant of the <br />local filing process seems a redundancy and would result in additional time and work for campaign <br />committee treasurers or candidates. <br /> <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />The City Manager recommends that the council take no action relating to ORS 260.163 at this time so <br />the State’s electronic system and filing requirements become effective January 1, 2007, without special <br />provisions for Eugene candidates and committees. <br /> <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTION <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br /> <br />A. ORS 260.163, including amendments to become effective January 1, 2007 <br />B. Elections Division Campaign Finance: New Campaign Finance Reporting Requirements in 2007 <br /> <br /> <br />FOR MORE INFORMATION <br /> <br />Staff Contact: Mary Feldman <br />Telephone: (541) 682-8353 <br />Staff E-Mail: mary.h.feldman@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M061009\S061009B.doc <br />