§ 2-76. Authority.
The sponsorship program is not intended to, and does not provide, a public forum for purposes of expressive activity. Benefits in an individual sponsorship arrangement will be determined by collaboration and set forth in a sponsorship agreement between the village and the sponsor. No sponsor or other person shall have a right to use any village activity or village property with regard to a sponsorship for any purpose other than the intended and authorized governmental purpose or services. Placement of sponsorship messages for an activity or upon village property shall require specific authority as set forth herein. A sponsorship arrangement and/or sponsorship agreement shall not be construed as an endorsement by the village of the sponsor's organization, products or services, unless the sponsorship agreement expressly so provides. The village shall not relinquish to a sponsor any aspect of the village's right to manage and control the village's assets or facilities by entering into a sponsorship. Sponsorships on village property are maintained as a nonpublic forum. The village has full rights and discretion to restrict access to village properties and village publications and to reject or refuse placement of any or all sponsorship information. To the extent that any such information is accepted, the village reserves the right to full editorial control over the placement, content, appearance and wording and to determine and prohibit types of sponsorship information which are deemed inappropriate for or inconsistent with the business of the village or services provided to the village residents.
Sponsorships must be compatible with the village's goals and image, and the village possesses the sole and final decision-making authority for determining the appropriateness of a sponsorship and reserves the right to refuse to enter into any proposed sponsorship. In determining the appropriateness of a potential sponsorship relationship, the village shall consider whether the relationship may undermine public confidence in the village's impartiality in the transaction and/or whether it may interfere with the efficient delivery of village services or operations, including, but not limited to current or potential conflicts of interest between the sponsor and the village and/or the sponsor and any of the village's employees, officials, or affiliates.
(Ord. No. 2012-20, § 1, 11-5-2012)