a. In keeping with the spirit of the open, honest, fair, and equitable election campaigns that this division seeks to promote, all candidates are requested and urged to limit the amount of their personal contributions, loans, and expenditures in support of their own candidacy to forty thousand dollars for a candidate for the office of Mayor and to five thousand dollars for a candidate for the office of City Council Member.

b. Also in keeping with the spirit of the open, honest, fair, and equitable election campaigns that this division seeks to promote, all candidates and campaign committees for candidates are requested and urged to limit total expenditures in support of any candidate at a single election, including a candidate’s personal expenditures, to two hundred fifty thousand dollars for a candidate for the office of Mayor and to fifty thousand dollars for a candidate for the office of City Council Member.

c. The City Clerk shall make available to all candidates a voluntary contribution/expenditure affidavit form, which any candidate may sign to express the candidate’s intent and commitment to adhere to one or both of the spending limitations proposed in Subsections (a) and (b). The City Clerk may provide the affidavit to a candidate at the time the candidate takes out nominating petitions or at any time after a candidate declares the intention to become a candidate. The City Clerk shall maintain and make available for public inspection all voluntary contribution/expenditure affidavits that have been executed and filed with the City Clerk. (Ord. No. G-5390, § 1, 2009)