HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 147-2025RESOLUTION NO. 147-2025
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME AUTHORIZING
AND SETTING THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS AND VOLUNTARY
EXPENDITURE LIMITS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2001 requires the City Clerk to adjust the City’s campaign
contribution limits every odd-numbered year by twenty-five dollars ($25) effective each even-
numbered year; and
WHEREAS, the City’s campaign contribution limits established in 2021 for 2022 were
$350 per individual or organization; and
WHEREAS, per Ordinance 2001 this was increased to $375 for the 2024 election period;
and
WHEREAS, for the 2026 election period, the campaign contribution limits for both
individuals and organizations is $400; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2001 requires the City Clerk to adjust the City’s voluntary
expenditure limits beginning in December 2025 every odd-numbered year for each even-
numbered year by twenty-five cents ($0.25) per resident of the district; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 2001, the voluntary expenditure limit was originally set
at $5 per resident of the district, based on the last decennial census, with a $0.25 escalator per
resident beginning in December 2025; and
WHEREAS, the voluntary expenditure limits for the 2026 election period for each district
are as follows:
Calculation District 1
6,464
District 2
6,225
District 3
6,278
District 4
6,082
District 5
6,367
Voluntary
Expenditure
Limit
$5.25 x
population
$33,936 $32.681.25 $32,959.50 $31,930.50 $33,426.75
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council adopts a $400 campaign contribution limit for individuals and
organizations for the 2026 election period.
2. The City Council adopts the following voluntary expenditure limits for the 2026
election period for each district:
Calculation District 1
6,464
District 2
6,225
District 3
6,278
District 4
6,082
District 5
6,367
Voluntary
Expenditure
Limit
$5.25 x
population
$33,936 $32.681.25 $32,959.50 $31,930.50 $33,426.75
_______________________________
Peter Stevenson, Mayor
I, Meaghan Hassel-Shearer, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, certify that the foregoing
Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 15th day of
December, 2025 and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: Brownrigg, Colson, Pappajohn, Stevenson, Thayer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
_______________________________
Meaghan Hassel-Shearer, City Clerk
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