1 RESOLUTION NO. ________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE,
CALIFORNIA, ADJUSTING THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS
ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE GLENDALE MUNICIPAL CODE IN THE AMOUNT OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) TO $1,440.
WHEREAS, On October 18, 2016, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5889, which amended Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 (“GMC”) Section 1.10.030(B) to increase the campaign contribution limit of $1,000 to a $1,100; and WHEREAS, On February 5, 2019, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5921 which, among other things, amended GMC Section 1.10.030(F) enabling the City Council to review the contribution limit in July of each odd numbered year, commencing July 1, 2019, and make Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustments to the contribution limit rounded up to the nearest ten dollars; and
WHEREAS, in July 2019, July 2021 and August 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 19-80, 21-109, and 23-123, respectively, implementing CPI adjustments, which set the current campaign contribution limit at $1,340; and WHEREAS, GMC Section 1.10.070(A) which sets forth the nonmonetary contribution limit at $1,100 has not been adjusted by the herein-referenced Resolutions; and
WHEREAS, GMC Section 1.10.070(B) provides that the contribution cap applies in the aggregate to monetary and nonmonetary contributions; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to adjust the nonmonetary contribution limit in GMC Section 1.10.070(A) in order to make the nonmonetary contribution limit consistent with the contribution limit in GMC Section 1.10.030(B); and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered staff’s presentation of the CPI adjustment and increase of 7.02% based on the month ending April 2025 to increase the current campaign contribution limit of $1,340 set forth in GMC Section 1.10.30(F) and the current nonmonetary contribution limit of $1,100 set forth in GMC Section 1.10.70(A) to $1,440 (which is $1,434.07 rounded up to the nearest ten dollars).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 (GMC), Section
1.10.030(F), and based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI – All Urban Consumers) Los Angeles, Long Beach, Anaheim, with the month ending April 2025, the City Council hereby increases the current monetary campaign contribution limit of GMC 1.10.030(B) to $1,440 and the nonmonetary contribution limit of GMC Section 1.10.070(A) to $1,440.
2 SECTION 2. As set forth in GMC Section 1.10.070(B), monetary and nonmonetary contributions shall be aggregated for purposes of applying the campaign contribution limits set forth in Chapter 1.10 of the GMC.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall become effective upon adoption.
Adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale on this ___ day of _________, 2025.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Suzie Abajian PhD, City Clerk of the City of Glendale, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. _______________ was adopted by a majority vote of the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the ______ day of ______________________, 2025, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
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City Clerk