Akron To Hire Outside Attorney To Review Campaign Finances Of Mayoral, Council Candidates

The city of Akron will hire an outside attorney to look at the campaign finances of mayoral and council candidates in the past two municipal elections.The attorney will look for any violations of Akron’s campaign finance rules, including the city’s contribution limits.“If the outside attorney determines that a violation exists, the city will take appropriate measures to enforce the law,” Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic and Council President Garry Moneypenny said in a joint letter Monday to Council Clerk Bob Keith.Plusquellic and Moneypenny directed Keith to gather the reports from the primary and general elections in 2011 and 2013, so that the attorney can evaluate them.The city has never before asked an outside entity to review campaign finances.