12-09-2025 City Council Workshop Packet

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22 12/2024 • Limited, occasional use of the Internet for personal purposes will be permitted only under the following conditions: • Personal use is only allowed during non-work hours. • Personal use does not interfere with another employee’s business use of the Internet. (e.g., Too many employees are browsing during their lunch break that the response time slows down and employees working on City business are adversely affected.); • Employee is currently performing at a ranking of satisfactory or higher; and • Use complies with all parts of this policy and the Metro-INET Acceptable Use policy. • Only City employees, council members, contractors, and verified visitors are allowed to use the City’s Internet access. Any exceptions to this rule must have the prior approval of the City Administrator. • Employees with a browser are responsible for compliance with this policy. It is required that employees with browsers have access to their workstation protected by password. • Users should be aware that as the number of browsers and amount of time spent on the Internet by users increases, the response time of Internet functions will decrease. • Users are required to respect the legal protection provided to programs and data by copyright, license and privacy laws. • Users must conduct themselves in a manner that is consistent with City goals and policies. PROHIBITED USE OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND INTERNET ACCESS The following is a list of those activities which, if conducted, may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of City employment and potential civil and/or criminal charges. City computer equipment and/or Internet access shall not under any circumstances be used for: • political purposes, religious reasons, harassment activities, obscene activities, racial or ethnic discrimination or any illegal activity; • gambling, fundraising, operating/conducting a private business, or for private gain or advantage; • presenting personal opinions or misinformation about the City, its programs, policies or personnel; and • activities that interfere with or disrupt network users, services or equipment. • Users shall not seek to breach system security, nor assist others in doing so. INTERNET MONITORING AND BLOCKING • The City does monitor its internet access. • The City does block inappropriate websites. If users find a site blocked while performing your job duties inform your department director. VIOLATIONS OF POLICY Violation of these policies may result in the cancellation of the violator’s access to City computer equipment and/or Internet browsing and Internet e-mail accounts and may be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment with the City.