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Main motion at the Special Meeting of Council, March 17, 2014. Defeated 4–10.

Result
Defeated 4–10
Margin -6
Absent
0
Meeting
Mar 17, 2014
Special Meeting of Council
Topic
Budget, taxes & finance
Keyword-derived
Kind
Main motion

Resolution

Council minutes, roll call. Source

That Councillor Farrell’s Motion, NM2014-11, be adopted, as follows: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council support legislative changes that would implement the following rules for Calgary: Confirmed Minutes Minutes 2014 March 31 Page 43 of 55 1. Lower the maximum individual financial contribution per candidate per term from $20,000 to $5000, 2. Cap the maximum contribution from an individual to multiple candidates to $10,000, 3. Impose spending limits to one dollar per resident for Mayor and Councillors, 4. Require disclosure of all donations prior to the election in a uniform format to be posted on the City of Calgary’s website, 5. Require spot audits to ensure general compliance, 6. Restrict personal campaign debt limit to $5000, 7. Establish appropriate penalties for non-compliance, 8. Corporations or trade unions would be considered ineligible and may not make contributions to any candidate. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that City Council direct Administration to investigate the City of Calgary’s ability to implement any of the above rules independent of the Province of Alberta.

Seats
YesNoAbsent (recorded)No vote recorded
Seats run Mayor, then Wards 1–14. Text and named votes from the confirmed Council minutes (linked above, at the source page).

How each member voted

SeatMemberVote
MayorNaheed NenshiNo
Ward 1Ward SutherlandNo
Ward 2Joe MaglioccaNo
Ward 3Jim StevensonNo
Ward 4Sean ChuNo
Ward 5Ray JonesNo
Ward 6Richard PootmansYes
Ward 7Druh FarrellYes
Ward 9Gian-Carlo CarraYes
Ward 10Andre ChabotNo
Ward 11Brian PincottYes
Ward 12Shane KeatingNo
Ward 13Diane Colley-UrquhartNo
Ward 14Peter DemongNo
A roll call from the minutes. A member not listed was absent or did not vote; the minutes do not always say which.