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Discussion Items: Alders Laptops and Viewing Campaign Related Emails/Campaign Related Websites, Personal Email Accounts, Alders Attention During Testimony and Debate - by request of Ald. Zach Brandon.
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Email Request:
From: Brandon, Zach
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:19 AM
To: Veldran, Lisa; May, Michael; Allen, Roger
Subject: Legal Reminder Needed
I have noticed an increasing trend of city laptops being used by alders to check personal email accounts during council meetings. I have not commented on this to date, but at yesterday's meeting it appeared that at least one alder was checking campaign related emails and was browsing a campaign related website on a city laptop. Based on these activities, I think it might be important that a reminder be issued to alders on the following:
1) Using city property for campaign related activities.
2) The risk of open record requests of a personal email account if a clear separation is not created.
3) The risk of appeal if alders are not paying attention during testimony and debate.
I know we have talked about it before, but I think the time is right to create some "hard and fast" rules about technology, alders and council meetings.