The Township social media sites are not to be used for making any official communications to the Township, for example, reporting dangerous conditions, requesting an inspection, giving notice required by any statute, by ordinance or regulations such as but not limited notices of claim. Please call 847-741-2045 or email, [email protected] for submitting official communications. As a public ent
ity the Township must abide by certain standards to serve all its constituents in a civil and unbiased manner.
2. The intended purpose behind establishing Township social media sites is to disseminate information from the Township about the Township, or associated with the Township, to its residents, employees and visitors.
3. A comment posted by a member of the public on any Township social media site is the opinion of the commentator or poster only, and publication of a comment does not imply endorsement of, or agreement by, the Township, nor do such comments necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the Township.
4. Any attempt to hack or otherwise compromise the Township’s internet or social media sites will be reported to law enforcement and the perpetrator will be denied access to the sites.
5. The Township reserves the right to deny access to its social media sites for any individual who violates the Township of Elgin Social Media Policy at any time and without prior notice.
6. All comments posted to any Township sites are bound by any applicable terms and conditions of Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, located at http://www.facebook.com/terms.php, and the Township reserves the right to report any violation of Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities to Facebook with the intent of Facebook taking appropriate and reasonable responsible action. All Township policies are applicable to interactions on social media sites when acting in an official capacity and representing the Township. The social media policy in its entirety can be obtained by emailing [email protected].
