Is Council Services prohibited from working on political campaigns?
Council Services employees shall not engage in any political campaign activity during work hours or using office resources to support or oppose a candidate for public office. During the normal course of business, City Councilors shall not request Council Services employees to perform any activity, the purpose of which is to support or oppose a candidate for public office. Examples of prohibited activities include but are not limited to drafting campaign press releases, conducting opposition research or research on issues primarily related to a campaign, scheduling campaign appearances, drafting campaign-related correspondence and taking campaign-related phone calls except to refer callers to the campaign office. Nothing herein, however, shall be construed as prohibiting and City Council Services staff member from exercising his or her First Amendment right privately to express an opinion or cast a vote. Any member of the Council Services staff who believes that a request by a Councilor
