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Hudson council debates employee handbook and social‑media policy at workshop
Summary
At a Dec. 17 workshop, councilors debated proposed changes to the employee handbook and media relations policy, weighing elected officials' First Amendment rights against the value of a single point of contact for crisis communications and liability concerns.
During the council workshop after the regular meeting on Dec. 17, members engaged in an extended discussion about proposed amendments to the employee handbook, particularly sections on social media and media relations. The proposed changes would remove some prior language that treated council similarly to staff for media requests; councilors argued about whether elected officials should be included in staff media‑relation restrictions.
Several councilors, including Councilor Banweg and others, said elected officials are not employees and cautioned…
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