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Councilmember Bullock expressed initial support for the change and looked forward to the deliberation. President O'Malley added that while consistency is very important that he sees the need for these changes. On the motion: All members voted in favor. Motion passed. Ordinance 01-20 referred to Rules & Ordinances Committee. 23. Communication from Councilmember Rader regarding campaign finance legislation. (to be provided) Councilmember Rader delivered the following oral communication: Following this communication, I introduced campaign finance regulations about a year ago. What this law intends to do is to peg campaign finance contributions for local elected officials at the federal limits which currently stand at $2,800. I intend that we use the committee process to work out the details. Another thing it intends to do is to prohibit public employees who work for elected officials from donating to those elected officials and sets up a small tax credit for those who give to campaigns of$50 per cycle. This mirrors the state code. The state house races you can actually get a state tax credit for money given to these races. This is based on the ordinance passed in Columbus last year. A lot of this came out of that. If Council wishes, I recommend that this be sent to Finance Committee since it does contain a financial component. It will have a small impact on our budget. It will also be a working document. One of the biggest changes since it was last introduced is that it replaces references to an Ethics Commission with the Law Department or Board of Elections. There is still more work to be done but I would like that work to be done in the open, in committee. Motion by Mr. Rader, seconded by Mr. Litten to receive and file. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. 24. ORDINANCE 02-2020 - AN ORDINANCE enacting new Chapter 507, Campaign Finance Regulations, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to help preserve the public trust and foster public confidence in city government and elections. (pg. 124) Motion by President O'Malley, seconded by Mr. Litten to refer Ordinance 02-2020 to the Finance Committee. Discussion: Mr. Rader noted that elected officials at other levels of government have limits on the amount of campaign donations they receive and that it makes sense for Lakewood to have limits as well. Councilmember Neff applauded the intention of the legislation but pointed out potential conflicts of interest by making the Law Director the enforcer of the campaign limits. 10