Agenda item

To receive and consider a revised Social Media Policy for Witney Town Council as discussed at the Stronger Communities Committee on 14 July 2025.

The Committee received a draft social media policy which had been recommended for approval by the Stronger Communities Committee on 14 July. At the meeting a Member had raised that there were some items in the original policy which had not been included so a review had taken place by officers and this version included amendments.

Members welcomed the review and asked for a change to section 3, incorporating ‘groups and forums’ into the final amended paragraph and points on officer and mayoral pages. In addition, it was agreed there should also be wording on Councillors administering and/or moderating social media pages and that in section 6, Officers ‘should’ report incidents to the Senior Management Team of the Council instead of having just one named individual.

Resolved:

That, the social media policy, as presented be adopted by Witney Town Council with the above amendments.