12-08-14 Amended Council Agenda, Packet & Committee Meetings

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Ordinance Amending SBMC Creating New Section 2 -9.1 Page 10 15. Participation and Endorsements: A Council Member who participates in an online group should be aware that such participation may be seen as endorsing such views. Council Members shall be aware decide to observe in a group's activities or become a member thereby being governed by all rules of professional conduct. 16. Transparency and Requirement to Correct Mistakes: Council Members are responsible for being transparent. If a Council Member has a personal interest it must be declared. Transparency includes declarations of affiliations, perspectives or previous coverage of a particular topic or individual. All conflicts of interests are specifically governed by the Council's regulations addressed in the South Bend Municipal Code and Indiana Code § 35- 44.1 -1 -4 addressing conflicts of interest. Council Members shall be open about their mistakes. Council Members have a duty to issue a correction in a timely manner to any post which was posted incorrectly or contained mistakes regardless of what means of communication was used. 17. Integrity is a Core Value: Ethical principles do not change in differing media. The standards which govern behavior and activities as Council Members addressed in Chapter 2 of the South Bend Municipal Code apply online and offline.3 18. Compliance With All Governing Laws, Policies and Procedures. Any Council Member who decides to use social media or any form of social networking is responsible for complying with all of the governing regulations set forth in this Section of the South Bend Municipal Code, and all other City policies and procedures, and applicable state and federal laws. (e) Violations 4 The Council recognizes that public confidence in the integrity of the Common Council and its elected Common Council Members is essential to the exercise of good government. Therefore any Council Member allegedly violating this Section shall be timely reported to the Office of the City Clerk on a form available from that Office. Upon receipt, the Office of the City Clerk shall send said verified form to the Council Member alleged to have violated this section. The Office of the City Clerk shall simultaneously send the verified form to the Information and Technology Committee and the City's Human Resources Director for a review of whether the allegation is sustainable and send their recommendation(s) to the Council Rules Committee, with the recommendation from the Human Resources Director being advisory only. Upon receipt of said recommendation(s), the Council Rules Committee shall have the limited authority to accept or deny said finding regarding the allegation(s). A majority vote of the voting members of the Council Rules Committee shall be required to implement the following disciplinary action: a moratorium of all social media ranging from a minimum of three (3) z Security Working Group (W20SEG) (p. 6, 2009) noted that when a person decides to embrace social media technology, risk mitigation should include policies which "...focus on user behavior, both personal and professional ". Violations of Section 2 -9.1 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be exclusively governed by this paragraph and Indiana Code § 364-6 -6.