Franklin County wants to know if its workers are wasting county time on social media

County commissioners are taking a look at whether county workers are spending too much time at work using social media like facebook.

Alan Pfeifer, who heads up the Concerned Citizens of Franklin County, raised the issue at last week’s county commission meeting.

He said he has received a few calls from county workers saying that a lot of county work hours are being wasted on social media – he was curious if the county had a social media policy in place.

The county does not have a policy directly pertaining to social media usage, but the county attorney said there are rules in place to address county workers wasting time.

Some county offices already ban the use of social media sites like facebook – and constitutional officers have their own rules that they enforce.

County commissioners said it would be good to know if county computers are being used to access social media sites and county coordinator Michael Moron said he would contact the county’s internet provider to see if that type of information is available.

He said he would report back as soon as possible. 

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