HomeMy WebLinkAboutCampaign Finance Records - Termination Statement - Patty Ortega for Council - 8/20/2024Bower, Julie
From: Bower, Julie
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 10:12 AM
To: Patty Ortega
Cc: Moreno, Marcela
Subject: Notice of Permanent Suspension of Candidate Committee
Patty,
The City Clerk's Office has not received a response to the email below sent to you on July 16, 2024. Pursuant
to A.R.S. 16-937(E), because your candidate committee, Patty Ortega for Council, did not comply with the
statutory filing requirements, the filing officer may permanently suspend the committee. Therefore, the
candidate committee, Patty Ortega for Council, has been permanently suspended. Permanent suspension
does not eliminate a committee's continuing obligation to file reports and pay any outstanding and accruing
penalties provided by law.
Sincerely,
Julie K. Bower, MMC
City Clerk
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Glendale
Pulie K. Bower, MMC
City Clerk
City Clerk's Office
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623-930-2030
5752 W_ Glenn Dr_
Glendale, AZ 85301
From: Bower, Julie
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 10:22 AM
To: Patty Ortega <patty@pattyortega.com>
Cc: Moreno, Marcela <MMoreno1@GLENDALEAZ.com>
Subject: Notice of Temporary Suspension of Candidate Committee
Patty,
On February 27, 2023, you filed a Statement of Organization for the candidate committee, Patty Ortega for
Council. A termination statement and a final campaign finance report for the committee has never been filed
with the City Clerk's Office.
Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statute (ARS) 16-926 (A) a committee shall file campaign finance reports with the
filing officer. The penalties for failure to file are set out in ARS 16-937 (B) a committee that fails to timely file a
report shall pay the filing officer a penalty of ten dollars for each day that the filing is late during the first fifteen
days after the filing deadline and twenty-five dollars for each subsequent day that the fling is late. Penalties
accrue until the late report is filed.
Your committee has failed to file three consecutive reports:
2023 4`h quarter report due 1/16/2024 — delinquency notices sent on 1/17/24, 1/23/24, 1/31/24
2024 1 s' quarter report due 4/15/24 — delinquency notices sent on 4/16/24, 4/18/24
2024 2"d quarter report due 7/15/24 — delinquency notice sent on 7/16/24
Because none of the reports were ever filed, penalties have been accruing since January 17, 2024. As of
today, the total for the penalties that have accrued for all three reports is $6,410. Penalties will continue to
accrue until the reports are filed.
For any committee that fails to file three consecutive complete reports, AIRS 16-937(D) directs the filing officer
to send by email, this notice of temporary suspension. On receipt of this email, your committee's authority to
operate in the City of Glendale is temporarily suspended. Failure to comply with all filing and payment
requirements within thirty days after the date of this notice (August 15, 2024), shall result in permanent
suspension of the committee's authority to operate in the City of Glendale. Permanent or temporary
suspension does not eliminate your committee's continuing obligation to file reports and pay any outstanding
and accruing penalties provided by law.
You can make payment via check, credit card or cash at the City Clerk's Office, 5752 W. Glenn Drive or you
may mail a check to the attention of the City Clerk's Office at 5850 W. Glendale Avenue, Glendale, AZ
85301. If paying by check, please make the check out to the City of Glendale.
Sincerely,
Julie K. Bower, MMC
City Clerk
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Glendale
A R E L 0 N E
Pu[ie K_ Bower, MMC
City Clerk
City Clerk's Office
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623-930-2030
5752 W. Glenn Dr_
Glendale, AZ 85301