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TO: <br />VIA: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />RE: <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305)949-3113 Fax <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners <br />Stan Morris <br />Ben Hogarth, Assistant to the Deputy City Manager <br />February 19, 2026 <br />Social Media Policies for Elected Officials <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff recommends approval of the Resolution. <br />REASONS: <br />The Commission previously directed staff to establish a social media policy guiding elected official use of <br />social media platforms based on best management practices. This policy exclusively addresses elected <br />officials' use of social media and the process for their requests regarding the city's official government <br />page. A draft resolution was presented before the Commission during its January 15, 2026, workshop <br />and following those deliberations,' staff made minor suggested edits for final approval including the <br />following: <br />• Corrections for numerous instances of the word "commissioner" where "elected officials" should <br />be substituted in its place. <br />• Replaced the phrase "open records" to "public records" in all instances where the Public Records <br />Act is intended as reference. <br />• Clarified in one instance with statute citation that certain records are subject specifically to the <br />Public Records Act and Sunshine Law. <br />• Minor grammatical fixes including punctuation and a few language revisions for better clarity of <br />reading. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Resolution <br />Item Number: 9.11 <br />945 <br />