The council discussed a proposed social-media policy for city accounts and elected officials' interactions after several public speakers raised free-speech concerns for city employees and residents.

Former city employee Keith Tudyk, who said he had recently been a city pool employee, read passages from the city's public-relations and employment contract language and argued that his Facebook post criticizing the organizational-chart process was federally protected speech under the Pickering and Connick Supreme Court precedents. Tudyk told the council he did not name individuals and that his post addressed matters of public concern, and he asked the council to craft policy that respects employees' First Amendment protections while clarifying what constitutes official city speech.

Other commenters, including local publishers of civic forums, urged the council to write the policy carefully to avoid chilling constitutionally protected speech, to explicitly state employee rights, and to avoid creating a 3walking quorum7 on social media. Councilmembers discussed the legal limits on serial communications and the need to save deliberations for posted agendas and public meetings.

Council agreed the city's public social-media presence needed clearer standards; members asked staff to revise the draft policy to clarify the distinction between official city-managed pages and private speech by employees and elected officials, and to include guidance that protects lawful private expression while preventing official-account misuse. No disciplinary actions or policy adoptions were recorded at the meeting; council discussion focused on careful drafting and legal compliance.