The purpose of the City of Kimberling City’s website is to provide information about City services, Officials, and policies, and to promote the public’s health, safety, and welfare by providing information for citizens, businesses, and visitors of Kimberling City. The City of Kimberling City website is not intended to be a forum for expressive activity by members of the public.

For purposes of this policy, an "external link" is a hyperlink from the City’s website to a website maintained by another party. The City is not responsible for, does not endorse, and cannot ensure the accuracy of information on these outside web sites (Please see Disclaimer below.).

Every request by a person or entity to have the City create a link from its website to the requesting party’s website will be reviewed by the Mayor, or his designee, to determine its relevance and appropriateness to the City’s website’s mission. The following criteria will be used in considering requests for links from the City of Kimberling City’s website, keeping in mind whether the link serves the overall purpose of the City's website.

At its discretion, the City may provide links to external sites that fall into one of the

following categories:

• sponsored by government agencies;
• organizations in a contractual relationship with, funded by, or created by the City of Kimberling City that provide services to, or for, the City;
• non-profit organizations whose purpose is to assist people in finding housing or other social services in Kimberling City;
• non-profit organizations whose purpose is to provide the public with information or access to the arts, culture, or education, or that provide tourism and convention information related to Kimberling City and to the Tri-Lakes area.
• Any person that holds a business license with a current status may have their website link placed on our pages.

Decisions to deny or remove a link may be appealed to the Board of Aldermen.

The City's website will not provide links to sites that:

• promote or exhibit hate, bias, discrimination, pornography, or libelous or otherwise defamatory content;
• are associated with, sponsored by, or serving a candidate for elected office;
• are associated with any political party or organization supporting or seeking to defeat any candidate for elective office or any ballot proposal;
• are associated with political organizations or other organizations advocating a position on a local, state, or federal issue;
• further the agenda of a political organization or candidate running for office
• further the non-charitable agenda of a labor union;
• violate any of the City's equal opportunity policies; and/or
• are individual or personal in nature, concept, design, or purpose.

The City reserves the right to determine how and where external links will appear on its web site; i.e. what page the link appears on and where the link is placed on the page.

The City strives to keep information on this website accurate and current, but the

information and services available on the City’s web pages may include inaccuracies or typographical errors and improvements/modifications may take place at any time. The City does not warrant that communications with the website will be uninterrupted or error-free or that any errors/typos will be corrected. The City makes no representations about the reliability, availability, timeliness, or accuracy of the website for any purpose. The web pages and information contained herein are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

The information posted on Kimberling City’s website includes hypertext links to information created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. Kimberling City provides these links solely for the convenience of the City’s website’s users. When users choose to exit the City’s website using provided links, they must be aware that they are leaving the City’s website and that they are subject to the privacy and security policies of the external website. The City of Kimberling City does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness,

or completeness of information contained on any external website, regardless of the presence or absence of links on the City’s website. The City does not endorse or recommend any third party web site, product, or services. The City of Kimberling City does not authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website. The City of Kimberling City is not responsible for transmissions received from linked websites.