Last night, Council members unanimously adopted a Limited Public Forum Social Media Policy (the City's first-ever social media policy). In a nutshell, the policy provides a framework for how the City interacts with members of the public across its social media accounts (currently 16 accounts).
Through this policy, the City will allow public comments on its accounts again, but it reserves the right to remove inappropriate comments, including, without limitation, any comments that are not topically related (to a City post), as well as comments not protected by state or federal law.
Council also adopted a resolution (3-1 vote) that adds language to the Council Handbook of Rules and Procedures regarding social media usage by elected and appointed City officials.