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A. Each applicant shall file with the cable administrator a written statement by the applicant or by an authorized officer of the applicant, publicly disclosing the following information:
1. The name, mailing address, email address, and business phone number of each spokesperson for the applicant; the capacity (e.g., public relations attorney) in which each acts as spokesperson; and the amounts of all compensation paid to or reasonably expected by each spokesperson (whether or not formal billing or payment has yet occurred) for services rendered or to be rendered as a spokesperson for the applicant with respect to any matter relating to Chicago Cable Communications at any time during the application period;
2. All expenditures by or on behalf of the applicant at any time during the application period, itemized by categories and amount, as specified in forms provided by the cable administrator;
3. All information concerning ownership of the applicant as requested by the city. Such ownership information shall include disclosure of owners, including any beneficiary or beneficiaries of any trust or similar entity, and disclosure of principals whenever any ownership interest is held by an agent or nominee;
4. The identities of all city employees, and immediate family members of city employees, family members of city representatives, and persons with whom a city representative maintains a close economic association, who have or at any time during the application period, have had an interest in the applicant; and the nature and amount of each such interest. For the purpose of this subsection, city employee and city representative shall include members of boards or commissions whose duties and responsibilities are part-time in nature;
5. All communications by or on behalf of the applicant with any city representative, family member or person with whom a city representative maintains a close economic association, at any time during the application period, whether or not restricted by the provisions of Section 4-284-090 of this chapter. The written statement disclosing such communications shall include the following information:
(a) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to whom the communication was made;
(b) The date, time, and duration of the communication and the circumstances (such as telephone conversation or meeting) under which it was made;
(c) A brief statement describing any oral communications;
(d) A copy of any written materials which were the subject of the communication.
B. Such disclosure statements shall be filed on or before the date the applicant first applies for a franchise or transfer of ownership. These statements shall cover the time from the beginning of the application period up to the date of the disclosure statement. Additional statements supplementing the information initially filed shall be filed on the last day of each month until the award of any franchise, or the approval of transfer of ownership of a franchise, for which the applicant applied. An applicant need not file such monthly supplemental statement if there has been no change in the information initially filed.
C. Each applicant shall make disclosures, consistent with the provisions and intent of this ordinance, regarding changes of ownership interests, spokespersons, expenditures, and any other matter relating to cable communications, on forms provided by the cable administrator. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the cable administrator from requiring disclosure of information in addition to that needed to comply with the terms of this ordinance.
(Prior code § 113.2-4; Amend Coun. J. 6-20-84, p. 7810; Amend Coun. J. 5-16-90, p. 15716; Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-10, p. 106597, Art. VIII, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 4-24-12, p. 23998, § 1)
Spokespersons shall not, directly or indirectly, knowingly:
A. Provide, offer, promise, suggest or otherwise communicate the possible provision of an interest to a city employee, to any immediate family member of a city employee, to a family member of a city representative or to a person with whom a city representative maintains a close economic association.
B. Communicate with a city employee in violation of the restrictions on ex parte communications provided by Section 4-284-090 of this chapter.
(Prior code § 113.2-5; Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)
A. All spokespersons shall register with the cable administrator before engaging in any activities as a spokesperson.
B. Any applicant may register on behalf of all spokespersons who are full-time employees of itself and of any parent, subsidiary or affiliated corporation. Each applicant shall be responsible for informing all its spokespersons of the provisions of this chapter in a timely manner, and for ensuring that all its spokespersons comply with the provisions of this chapter.
C. Registration shall consist of filing with the cable administrator a written statement, subscribed under oath before a notary public by the spokesperson (or by the applicant in the case of spokespersons who are its full-time employees), publicly disclosing the following information:
1. The name, mailing address, email address, and business phone number of the spokesperson;
2. The name, mailing address, email address, and business phone number of any firm or other business or professional association with which an individual spokesperson is employed or otherwise affiliated, or, in the case of a spokesperson which is a firm or other entity, the names and addresses of any individuals who perform or will perform any activities as spokesperson;
3. The name, mailing address, email address, and business phone number of any applicant on whose behalf the spokesperson acts or will act;
4. The name, mailing address, email address, and business phone number of any person employing, retaining or paying the spokesperson to act on behalf of the applicant;
5. All expenditures by the spokesperson on behalf of the applicant, at any time during the application period, itemized by category and amount and identifying the person to whom each amount of money or other expenditure was directly or indirectly paid;
6. All communications by the spokesperson, on behalf of the applicant, with a city employee, family member of a city representative or person with whom a city representative maintains a close economic association, at any time during the application period.
D. Additional registration statements supplementing the information initially filed shall be filed on the date of the applicant's application for a franchise or transfer of ownership of a franchise and on the last day of each month until the award of any franchise or approval of transfer of ownership for which the applicant applied. If the spokesperson made no expenditures or communications on behalf of the applicant subsequent to those previously disclosed, the spokesperson need not file such supplemental statement. A spokesperson who no longer acts or is authorized to act as a spokesperson shall file written notice of such termination, including therewith a report of all expenditures and communications not previously reported.
(Prior code § 113.2-6; Amend Coun. J. 5-16-90, p. 15716; Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-10, p. 106597, Art. VIII, § 1)
A. No city employee or member of his or her immediate family shall have an interest in an applicant or grantee.
B. No city representative or member of his or her immediate family shall have an interest in an applicant, a grantee or a person who supplies materials or services to an applicant or a grantee.
C. No city employee or member of his or her immediate family shall, directly or indirectly:
1. Solicit or accept an interest in, expenditure from or any other thing of value or transaction conferring an economic benefit, from an applicant, grantee, spokesperson or person who supplies materials or services to an applicant or grantee;
2. Solicit, request from or recommend to any applicant, spokesperson or person who supplies materials or services to an applicant, the appointment of any person to a place or position or the provision of an interest, expenditure or any other thing of value or transaction conferring an economic benefit, to any person.
(Prior code § 113.2-7; Amend Coun. J. 6-20-84, p. 7810; Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)
A. Each city representative and advisor shall file with the cable administrator a written statement, publicly disclosing the following information:
1. All interests or other economic relationships which the city representative or city advisor or a member of his or her immediate family has or had at any time during the application period, in any applicant or any person who supplies materials or services to an applicant;
2. All interests which the city representative or city advisor knows have been held, at any time during the application period in an applicant or in a person who supplies materials or services to an applicant, by a family member or by a person with whom the city representative or city advisor maintains a close economic association;
3. With respect to each of the interests or other economic relationships described in subparagraph 1 and 2 of this section:
(a) The name and address of the person who has or had it, and that person's relationship to the city representative or city advisor;
(b) The dates the interest was acquired and held;
(c) The amount and nature of the interest, and a description of the transaction in which it was acquired;
(d) The name and address of the person in whom the interest is or was had;
4. All communications, direct or indirect, which the city representative or city advisor or a member of his or her immediate family, at any time during the application period, has had with an applicant, and any such communications, relating in any way to cable communications in the City of Chicago with a person who supplies materials or services to an applicant or with a person who has a direct economic interest in the award of a franchise.
B. City representatives and city advisors shall file their disclosure statements within 30 days after the cable administrator has sent them notice pursuant to Section 4-284-100(B), the franchise application or transfer of ownership application has been filed, covering the commencement of the application period to the date of the statement. Additional statements, supplementing the information initially filed, shall be filed on the last day of each month until the award of the franchise or approval of the transfer of ownership of the franchise. City representatives and city advisors need not file such monthly supplemental statements if there has been no change in the information initially filed.
(Prior code § 113.2-8; Amend Coun. J. 6-20-84, p. 7810; 5-16-90, p. 15716; Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-10, p. 106597, Art. VIII, § 1)
A. No applicant, spokesperson or person who supplies materials or services to an applicant shall directly or indirectly communicate with a city employee, concerning any matter related in any way to cable communications in the City of Chicago, the request for proposals, applications for franchises, applications for transfer of ownership, franchises, or transfer of ownership of a franchise, any franchise ordinance, or transfer of ownership resolutions except in writing addressed to:
Cable Division
City Hall
121 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
All responses on behalf of the city or any city employee to such communications shall be in writing filed with the cable administrator. The cable administrator shall maintain all such communications and responses in his or her office, available for public inspection during regular business hours, pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, as amended.
B. The foregoing shall not apply to communications consisting exclusively of the following:
1. Requests for application forms for a franchise or transfer of ownership of a franchise;
2. Requests for schedules of meetings of the city council;
3. Requests for information regarding procedural matters not in dispute;
4. Testimony, debate or deliberation at any meeting of the city council or any committee or subcommittee thereof held in conformity with the rules of the council and applicable laws with the State of Illinois;
5. Negotiations or other discussions with applicants formally and publicly authorized by the city council;
6. Communications through the public media, such as statements in news interviews and paid advertisements. In addition, nothing in this section shall preclude the mayor from publicly designating one representative of each city department to respond to inquiries from applicants concerning ascertainment of the needs of each department for possible use of the cable communications system. Any representative so designated shall be listed on a list made available to all applicants and to the public, and shall keep a log of each such meeting, which shall be available for public inspection during regular business hours.
(Prior code § 113.2-9; Amend Coun. J. 6-20-84, p. 7810; 5-16-90, p. 15716; Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-10, p. 106597, Art. VIII, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 4-24-12, p. 23998, § 1)
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