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SECOND ALTERNATE Creating Sections 2.40(4)(h) and 3.30(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to prohibit a person who is registered as a lobbyist under City Ordinances from serving as a member of any permanent or temporary City board, commission or committee.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This proposal would prohibit a person who is registered as a lobbyist under City Ordinances from serving as a member of any permanent or temporary City board, commission or committee unless in the judgment of the Mayor and two-thirds of the Common Council the best interests of the City will be served by the appointment and the Mayor states why a conflict does not exist between the matters the lobbyist seeks to influence and the jurisdiction of the board, commission or committee.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subdivision (h) of Subsection (4) entitled “Prohibited Practices” of Section 2.40 entitled “Lobbying Regulated” of the Madison General Ordinances is created to read as follows:
“(h) No lobbyist may serve as a member of any Ad hoc or Standing sub-unit, including, but not limited to, any City board, committee, commission, task force or similar body except as provided in Sec. 3.30(2)(a) MGO.”
2. Subsection (4) entitled “Lobbyists: Boards, Commissions and Committees” of Section 3.30 entitled “Qualifications--City Officers, Members of Commissions, and Employees” of the Madison General Ordinances is created to read as follows:
“(4) Lobbyists: Boards, Commissions and Committees. No person who is registered as a lobbyist, pursuant to Sec. 2.40, MGO, may serve as a member of any Ad hoc or Standing sub-unit, including, but not limited to, any City board, committee, commission, task force or similar body, provided, however that this provision shall not apply to a member of or candidate for appointment to a City of Madison board, committee or commission where in the judgment of mayor and two-thirds (2/3) of the Common Council, the best interests of the City will be served by the appointment of a registered lobbyist who is particularly well qualified by reasons of education, background and experience. The Mayor shall also specify to the Common Council the reasons:
(a) Why he or she is recommending the appointment; and
(b) Why the matters that the member or candidate for appointment attempts to influence as a lobbyist are unrelated to those matters considered by the sub-unit to which the person is a member or a candidate for appointment.”