Number
040786
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
001482
Sponsor
ALD. HINES
Title
Motion relating to the allocation of budgeted funds for aldermanic mailings.
Analysis
This motion revises the procedure for Common Council members to appeal for additional mailing expenditures if they exceed their allocated amounts. It provides that, if additional funds are available in the Common Council-City Clerk's Office budget, the City Clerk may approve the expenditure with the joint approval of the Steering and Rules Committee. Previously, the approval of the Government Communications Committee, a now-defunct body, was required.
Body
The second paragraph of Common Council File Number 001482, a motion relating to the allocation of budgeted funds for aldermanic mailings that was adopted by the Council on February 27, 2001, is revised to read as follows:
The City Clerk shall quarterly advise each Common Council member of the expenditures from the allocation for mailings for his or her district and the balance remaining in that allocation. If a Council member expends his or her entire allocation, the Council member may appeal to the City Clerk for additional funds for specific mailings of more than 25 pieces. If additional funds are available in the Common Council-City Clerk's Office budget, the City Clerk may approve the expenditure with the joint approval of the Steering and Rules Committee.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB04381-1
JDO
9/21/04