[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Carteret. as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-15-1993 by Ord. No. 93-25]
This chapter is intended to establish a uniform
policy within the Borough of Carteret for the use of all Borough-owned
or -leased motor vehicles.
Borough-owned motor vehicles shall be used by
authorized Borough employees for official business only, and no employee
shall operate a vehicle unless he or she possesses a valid New Jersey
operator's license.
No motor vehicle owned or leased by the Borough
of Carteret shall be used by any such official, employee or agent
for any personal purpose of any kind whatsoever, nor shall any such
motor vehicle be used to transport any persons or property other than
in the normal course of Borough business.
[Amended 2-2-1995 by Ord. No. 95-5; 5-7-2020 by Ord. No. 20-09]
No public official, employee or agent of the
Borough of Carteret shall be permitted to take home a Borough vehicle
unless deemed necessary by the Councilperson designated to chair the
Council Committee having responsibility for the department in which
the official, employee or agent is assigned and written permission
is received by the official employee or agent, except that the Chief
of Police, the Fire Chief, or Battalion Chief, and Assistant Chief
or their designees, and the Emergency Management Coordinators shall
be hereby expressly authorized due to the emergency nature of their
positions.
[Adopted 2-15-2001 by Ord. No. 01-9]
There is hereby established an employee use
of business equipment policy which shall read in its entirety as follows:
A.
Borough property, including computers, electronic
mail and voice mail, should only be used for conducting Borough business.
B.
Personal use of Borough computers is prohibited, and
the Borough may, at any time, monitor the use of said equipment. The
employees are specifically cautioned that they should not expect any
privacy with respect to any information they place on the Borough's
computers or computer equipment.
C.
Electronic mail.
(1)
The use of the electronic mail system may not be used
to solicit for commercial ventures, religious or political causes,
outside organizations or other non-job-related solicitations.
(2)
The electronic mail system is not to be used to create
any offensive or disruptive messages. Among those which are considered
offensive are any messages which contain sexual implications, racial
slurs, gender-specific comments, or any other comments that offensively
address someone's age, sexual orientation, religious or political
beliefs, national origin, or disability.
(3)
The electronic mail system shall not be used to send
(upload) or receive (download) copyrighted materials, trade secrets,
proprietary financial information or similar materials without prior
authorization.
D.
All computer information, voice mail and electronic
mail messages, except personnel information relating to police investigations,
and other materials which are exempted pursuant to statute, shall
be considered Borough records. The Borough maintains the right and
ability to enter any of the electronic systems and to inspect and
review all data recorded in those systems. Employees, accordingly,
should not assume that such messages are private and confidential
or that the Borough or its designated representatives will not have
a need to access and review this information. Employees using the
Borough's business equipment should also have no expectation that
any information stored on their computer, whether stored on a computer
hard drive, computer disk or in any other manner, will be private.
E.
The Borough shall have the right to monitor voice
mail or electronic mail messages from time to time in its sole discretion.
F.
The Borough will inspect the contents of computers,
voice mail or electronic mail in the course of an investigation, or
as necessary to locate needed information that is not readily available
by some other less intrusive means.
G.
The contents of computers, voice mail and electronic
mail, properly obtained for some legitimate business purpose, may
be disclosed by the Borough if necessary.
H.
Employees' electronic messages should be accessed
only by the intended recipient.
I.
The Borough's Business Administrator shall review
any request for access to the contents of an individual's computer,
voice mail, or electronic mail prior to access being made without
the employee's consent.
This policy shall apply to all Borough employees,
officers, officials, agents and representatives.
Any employee who violates this policy shall
be subject to discipline up to and including termination.
