Article II — Fees

• A. There is set and established a filing fee of twenty-five dollars to defray, in part, the cost to the city of processing nomination papers for councilmanic elections within the city.

• B. The filing fee set and established by subsection A of this section shall be payable in respect to each such nomination filed and shall be paid upon the filing of the nomination papers therefor.

• C. Except as provided in Section 2.08.040, nomination papers for councilmanic elections shall not be accepted unless accompanied by the filing fee set and established by subsection A of this section.

• D. Filing fees collected pursuant to this article shall be paid into the general fund of the city. (Ord. 92-10 § 2)

• A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a candidate for member of the city council of the city may submit, in lieu of all or part of the required filing fee, a petition containing four qualified signatures for each dollar of the filing fee not paid.

• B. Within the meaning of this section, a qualified signature is the signature of a person who, at the time of providing such signature, was a registered voter within the city.

• C. Any petition submitted pursuant to this section in lieu of all or part of the required filing fee shall be submitted to the city clerk with nomination papers related thereto, together with the amount of the filing fee, if any, remaining to be paid.

• (Ord. 92-10 § 3)

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to extend or otherwise modify the period of time for filing nomination papers for councilmanic elections. (Ord. 92-10 § 4)