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Website Link Policy
Adopted December 18, 2006
LINK POLICY
Th e purpose of the City of Prior Lake website is to provide information to the public from the City of Prior Lake
about municipal government and services; it is not intended to be a public forum. An entity or organization
interested in having a link on the City of Prior Lake website must fall into one of the categories enumerated
below. The City of Prior Lake will not approve links to its website for organization or individuals t hat do not meet
the criteria:
1. Ad hoc committees appointed by the City Council ;
2. Quasi - government entities, such as watershed and park districts that include Prior Lake;
3. Other government entities;
4. Public education institutions;
5. Public utilities that serve Prior Lake;
6. Non - profit Prior Lake civic, educational, athletic and recreational organizations;
7. Athletic Associations that serve Prior Lake and work collaboratively with the Prior Lake Park and
Recreation Department to provide athletic services for Prior La ke residents.
LINK DISCLAIMER
The City of Prior Lake is not responsible for and does not endorse the information on any linked website. Nor
does the City of Prior Lake guarantee the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information on those sites.
T he City of Prior Lake is not liable for defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of linked sites. The links from this
site to other sites on the World Wide Web do not constitute or imply endorsement or recommendation on the
part of the City of Prior Lake .
ESTABLISHMENT OF LINK
Any governmental entity, quasi governmental entity, public service, non profit Prior Lake organization, civic,
educational, athletic or recreational organization or entity seeking to establish a link from the Prior Lake website
to its website shall make a request in writing to the City’s Communications Coordinator at 952 - 447 - 98 04,
mtpeterson@cityofpriorlake.com . T he written request shall describe the organization or entity’s mis sion. The
City reserves sole and exclusive right to determine whether an organization or entity meets the enumerated
criteria, and whether to approve the link.
The City also reserves the sole and exclusive authority to discontinue Website linkage based up on this policy as
interpreted by the Communication Coordinator.
WEB POLICY DISCLAIMER
The City of Prior Lake has made every effort to e nsure the accuracy of the information provided on its website.
However, due to the possibility of unauthorized modi fication of the data, transmission errors, HTML browser
incompatibilities, human error, changes made since the last update to the website or other aspects of electronic
communication that are beyond the City's control, the City does not guarantee the accur acy of the information
provided on its website and is not liable for reliance on this information. Please contact the City of Prior Lake at
952 - 447 - 9800 , to verify the accuracy of the data.
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TRADEMARK / COPYRIGHT
The City of Prior Lake logo is registered wi th the Secretary of State for exclusive use by the City of Prior Lake for
official city government purposes. Any other use is prohibited by law. All art, banners, buttons and graphics on
this web site are original and are a trademark of the City of Prior L ake. Duplication of art, banners and buttons is
prohibited. All rights reserved. For information or use permission, contact the City’s Communications
Coordinator at 952 - 447 - 98 04, mtpeterson@cityofpriorl ake.com .
Re - use or re - publishing of the text in this website is allowed. If re - publishing materials from this website, this
website should be credited as the source and the utmost care should be taken to ensure accuracy.
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