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Commission adopts cybersecurity policy for elected officials; allows stipend for personal devices
Summary
The commission passed a resolution creating a cybersecurity policy governing elected officials’ acceptable use of city IT systems and authorizing a stipend for commissioners who choose to use their own devices to access city systems; the commission approved the measure 6‑0 after adding language about an annual stipend amount set in the budget.
The Daytona Beach City Commission on May 21 adopted a resolution establishing a cybersecurity policy for elected officials and clarifying how elected officials may use personal devices to access city information systems.
The resolution sets acceptable‑use expectations for city information systems accessed by elected officials and authorizes the mayor to take steps to preserve public safety and the city’s IT assets in cybersecurity events. It also permits a commission member to use a personally owned tablet or cellular device to connect to city systems instead of accepting a city‑issued device. "The city commission shall, as part of the annual budgeting process, set the dollar amount an elected official will receive as a stipend for using his or her own tablet or cell phone," a staff reading of the resolution explained during the meeting.
Commission discussion centered on a single amendment requested by a commissioner to clarify the device‑stipend language and to allow a commissioner to choose a personal device rather than a city‑issued one. Staff confirmed the requested text and corrections were circulated to commissioners in advance. After a brief discussion the commission voted 6‑0 in favor of the resolution.
What the resolution does not do: it does not yet establish a fixed stipend dollar amount — that will be set during the annual budgeting process — and it does not change the city’s authority to require certain security measures on devices that connect to city systems.
Speakers quoted in this story are identified from the meeting transcript.
