ORDINANCE NO. 240500
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Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill
Directing the City Manager to implement a policy requiring all City employees with a City-provided mobile phone to include their City mobile phone number in their email signature line for use by the public and report back to the City Council 90 days after the adoption of this ordinance.
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WHEREAS, the City provides mobile phones to some of its employees; and
WHEREAS, mobile phones provided by the City are considered City property and are for intended to be used to conduct City business; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to foster a constituent-focused culture and believes availability on City-provided devices will encourage this; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does not intend for all City employees to be on-call at all times or to violate any laws, policies, or agreements related to labor or work hours; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is directed to implement a policy requiring all City employees with a City-provided mobile phone to include their City mobile phone number in their email signature line for use by the public and report back to the City Council 90 days after the adoption of this ordinance.
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Approved as to form:
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Katherine Chandler
Senior Associate City Attorney