1.30.035 Election cycles.
A. General Elections. For purposes of any election for city council or mayor, the term election cycle as used in this chapter shall mean the period commencing on January 1 of the year following a year in which a city council election is held and ending on December 31 of the year in which the next succeeding election is held.
B. Special Elections. For purposes of any special election for city council or mayor, the term election cycle as used in this chapter shall mean the period commencing on the date a special election is called by the city council and ending on the thirtieth day following said special election.
C. Recall Elections. For purposes of any recall election for city council or mayor, the term election cycle as used in this chapter shall mean the period commencing on either the date a committee is formed pursuant to the Political Reform Act in support of a recall election or the date the city clerk approves a recall petition for circulation and gathering of signatures, whichever occurs earlier, and ending on the thirtieth day following the first to occur of any the following:
1. The time provided by law for the gathering of signatures on recall petitions expires without sufficient recall petition signature having been filed with the city clerk to require a recall election;
2. All committees formed in support of the recall have been terminated pursuant to the provisions of the Political Reform Act;
3. The date the recall election is held.
D. Campaign Debt. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit indebted candidates and/or their controlled campaign committee from soliciting and receiving funds to pay off their campaign debt in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.30.030, after the end of the election cycles defined above.
(Ord. 2198 NCS §1 (part), 2004; Ord. 2156 NCS §1 (part), 2003.)