The town reserves the right to monitor all telephone communications, utilizing the town’s telephones. All telephone communications are the property of the town. Employees have no right of privacy or confidentiality regarding any telephone messages or communications. The town reserves and intends to exercise the right to review, audit, intercept, access and disclose all messages created, received or sent over the telephone system for any purpose. Personal calls must be kept to a minimum and be limited to calls of an urgent or emergency nature only. Cellular phone calls are disruptive to the work environment and must be kept to a minimum during work time. Personal long-distance calls may not be charged to the town. Employees who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
(Ord. 2021-OR-031, passed 11-22-21)