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Easley council debates acceptable-use policy for elected officials and sets executive session on IT security
Summary
Council reviewed a proposed amendment to the Acceptable Use Policy for elected officials that would require acknowledgment and could assign repair costs for malicious damage; members debated personal liability and whether the policy is in employees' handbooks. Council also scheduled an executive session to discuss police IT-security upgrades and devices.
Council considered Resolution 20 26 05, an amendment to the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for elected officials that would formalize expectations for use of city information systems and require elected officials to sign an acknowledgement. The proposed amendment, prepared by council counsel at Mister Alexander's direction, would allow the city to allocate costs to officials in some cases where city property is damaged through misuse.
Several council members said they were…
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