Public Disclosure Commission

711 Capital Way, Room 206 | Olympia, Washington 98504

Note: All times shown for consideration of agenda items (other than time of convening) are approximate and may vary, depending on the amount of discussion required for each.

9:30 AM - I. Citizen Comments/Concerns | Commissioner Comments/Concerns | Minutes

Regular meeting minutes of December 4, 2014

Special meeting minutes of January 9, 2015

Presenter - Chair Degginger

9:35 AM - IV. Informational Matters
  • COGEL Report
  • Collection of Penalties
  • SAO Audits
  • Presentation of Professional Staff Lists

Presenters - Andrea McNamara Doyle; Tony Perkins; Kurt Young

10:00 AM - V. Advisory Matters

Fact sheet guidance regarding RCW 42.17A.555 (use of public facilities)

Presenter - Tony Perkins

10:15 AM - VI. Rulemaking
  1. January – June 2015 Rules Update
  2. Preliminary discussion –Applying Limits to Contributions Made to Affiliated Committees and Necessary Updates to 1994 Policy Statement.
10:45 AM - Break
11:00 AM - VII. Commissioner Training

Public agency lobbying

Presenter - Tony Perkins

11:10 AM - VIII. Legislative/Budget Report

Presenter - Andrea McNamara Doyle

11:40 AM - IX. Staff Reports
  • Executive Director
  • Chief Information Technology Officer
  • Assistant Director; Communications and Outreach
  • Compliance and Enforcement

Presenters - Andrea McNamara Doyle; James Gutholm; Tony Perkins

12:00 PM - Executive Session/Working Lunch

Discussion of pending and potential litigation with legal counsel. Possible action regarding pending litigation following the executive session.

1:00 PM - X. Enforcement

New Majority (Reagan Fund) PAC, Case No. 15-038 involving alleged violations of RCW 42.17A.305 by failing to timely file three Electioneering Communications C‑6 reports; RCW 42.17A.225, 42.17A.235, and 42.17A.240 by failing to provide, on a report of receipts and expenditures the required information and detailed breakdown of independent expenditure activities; and RCW 42.17A.245 by failing to timely file a Monetary Contributions C-3 report by the required electronic method.

Presenter - Phil Stutzman

1:30 PM - Adjourn

The Commission may deliberate in closed session on any enforcement matter on this agenda, or any matters listed in RCW 42.30.140.

Meeting Summary

January 22, 2015, Volume 15 Issue No 1

Grant Degginger, Chair

Katrina Asay, Vice Chair

Amit Ranade, Member

John Bridges, Member

Anne Levinson, Member

Rule Making

Plans for January – June 2015 rule making were reviewed in preparation for publishing the PDC’s development agenda in the State Register.

Advisory Matters

The Commission reviewed guidance developed by staff intended for public agencies who produce election-related communications. The guidance will be available on the PDC’s website and provided to agencies who request staff to review fact sheets regarding ballot measures and other election-related communications.

The Commission meeting materials can be found at www.pdc.wa.gov under Commission Meetings. For additional information concerning these issues contact Lori Anderson, Communications & Training Officer, at (360) 664-2737, toll free 1-877-601-2828 or e-mail at landerson@pdc.wa.gov.

The next regular meeting of the Public Disclosure Commission is tentatively scheduled for February 26, 2015.

Meeting Minutes