A. Requests for payment of public matching funds may be filed pursuant to this section and shall be paid by the director of the city's department of finance pursuant to this section upon a determination that the requirements of this section and this chapter have been satisfied.
B. Each request for public matching funds shall be made by filing with the city clerk the following documents:
1. A public financing matching funds request;
2. A copy of the public financing matching funds request on a computer diskette or other electronic media in a format prescribed by the city clerk, provided that the clerk has prescribed the format at least sixty (60) days before the statement is due. If no format has been prescribed in a timely manner, the candidate shall file the statement in a format suitable for electronic scanning; and
3. Copies of each check, money order, or other written legal tender eligible to be matched by public funds.
The city clerk shall immediately transmit the request and the accompanying documents to the director of the city's department of finance. The public financing matching funds request required by this section shall be current through two calendar days before filing. Contributions made more than two calendar days prior to the preceding public financing matching funds request filed under this section shall not be eligible for matching public funds.
C. A candidate or candidate's controlled committee certified as eligible to receive public matching funds may submit a public financing matching funds request each time a threshold of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or more in matchable private contributions is reached for mayoral candidates, and seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) or more in matchable private contributions is reached for candidates for city council member.
D. In addition to requests for payment allowed by subsection C of this section, a candidate or candidate's controlled committee may submit a public financing matching funds request for one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more during the ten (10) calendar days preceding the election.
E. In addition to requests for payment allowed by subsections C and D of this section, after the date of an election, each candidate may submit one final request for payment from the Campaign Reform Fund. Such request shall be submitted within two days after the last day of the election period. Requests for payment received by the city clerk after this date shall not be eligible for payment from the Campaign Reform Fund.
F. The director of the city's department of finance shall have ten (10) working days to approve or reject a request for payment of matching funds and disburse the public funds to the candidate or candidate's controlled committee. If the director of the city's department of finance is required to make a payment to a candidate on a day on which city offices are closed, payment shall be made on the next day that city offices are open. (Ord. 2005-071 § 9; Ord. 2003-046 § 1)