Communications Policy

The Village of Gurnee welcomes your comments; however, the Village’s social media accounts and website are intended to be a limited forum for communication and discussion between the Village and members of the public about specific topics. The Village reserves the right to remove inappropriate comments including those comments that are not topically related, comments that include profane or obscene language, sexual content, threats, defamatory statements, the encouragement of illegal activity, violations of the legal ownership interests of another party, solicitations of commerce, statements in support or opposition to political candidates or ballot propositions (except as provided below), content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination, or information that may compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems. Any content posted may be subject to public disclosure upon request. Activity on this account is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws regulations and policies.

The Village does not accept Freedom of Information Act requests via any social media account. Such requests may be filed in person or via US mail at the Village Hall, 325 N O’Plaine Road, Gurnee, Illinois, via the Village website (www.gurnee.il.us), or via email to FOIARequest@village.gurnee.il.us.

TERMS OF USE GUIDELINES

Comments posted to this page will be monitored and inappropriate content will be removed as soon as possible and without prior notice. Under the Village’s policies, the Village reserves the right to remove inappropriate content, including, but not limited to:

Profane language or content
Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation
Sexual content or links to sexual content
Content that includes unlawful harassment or threats of violence
Comments that are not topically related or out of context
Solicitations of commerce
Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity
Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems
Content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party
Content that defames any person, group, or organization
Content that is false or any malicious statements concerning any employee, the Village, or its operations
Disclosure of any proprietary, confidential, or privileged information
Repeated postings of inappropriate or inflammatory material
Statements in support of or opposition to political campaigns, candidates, or ballot measures, other than factual information lawfully provided by the Village regarding a non-partisan ballot initiative
Content that violates any law or regulation