Website Disclaimer

Disclaimer Notice

The City of Marion, KS ("the City") provides this website as a public service. Unauthorized attempts to modify any information stored on this website or utilize this website for other than its intended purposes are prohibited. The City makes no claims or guarantees about the accuracy or currency of the contents of this website and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in its contents. All information and data on this website is subject to change without notice. No warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to this website or its links to other websites. You understand and agree that any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of this website is done at your own risk and discretion and that you will be solely responsible for any damages to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of such material. Neither the City nor its affiliates, employees or agents shall be liable for any loss or injury caused in whole or in part by use of this website or in reliance upon the information contained herein or linked hereto. For questions or comments, please contact the City at (620) 382-3703.


Privacy & Security Policy

The City of Marion maintains this Web site as a public service. This policy describes the City of Marion's privacy and security practices regarding information collected from visitors to the site, including what information is collected and how that information is used.

Server Logs/Log Analysis Tools:

The City of Marion uses server logs and log analysis tools to create summary statistics about Web site usage to improve site management. The statistics are used for purposes such as assessing what information is of most interest to users, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. The City of Marion does not report or use this information in any manner that would reveal personally identifiable information, and does not release the information to any outside parties unless required to do so under applicable law.

The following information is collected for this analysis:

  • User/client hostname - Hostname (or IP address, if DNS is disabled) of the user/client requesting access.
  • HTTP header, "user-agent" - Type of browser used, the browser version, and the operating system it is running on.
  • HTTP header, "referer" - Page from which the user/client accessed the current page.
  • System date - Date and time of the user/client request.
  • Full request - Exact request the user/client made.
  • Status - Status code the server returned to the user/client.
  • Content length - Length, in bytes, of the document sent to the user/client.
  • Method - Request method used.
  • Uniform Resource Identifier (URI or URL) - Location of a resource on the server.
  • Query string of the URL - Anything after the question mark in a URL.
  • Protocol - Transport protocol and version used.

The City of Marion monitors network traffic for site security purposes and to ensure that the site remains available to all users. Unauthorized attempts to upload information, change information on this site, or otherwise cause damage are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under Kansas law. Except as may be required for authorized law enforcement investigations, no attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. The City of Marion does not use raw data logs for any other purposes; however, it is possible that parts of raw data logs could be determined to be open records by the Office of the Attorney General. If such a determination were made subsequent to a Public Information Act request for the logs, the City of Marion would be required to disclose parts of the logs deemed open by the Office of the Attorney General.

E-Mail:

The City of Marion does not sell or release the e-mail addresses of most members of the public that have been provided to communicate electronically with a government body without the affirmative consent of the affected member of the public. Personally identifiable information contained in a question or comment sent to the City of Marion in an e-mail message or submitted in an online form is only used by the City of Marion to respond to the request and to analyze trends. The City of Marion may redirect the message to another government agency or government employee who is in a better position to answer the question.

Web-Based Forms:

The City of Marion uses Web-based forms for such purposes as collecting survey results and providing contact forms to specific employees or departments.

Cookies and Web Bugs:

The City of Marion web site may use cookies to provide interactive pages, such as Web-based forms and surveys. The City of Marion does not use cookies for other purposes. The City of Marion web site does not use web bugs (also called web beacons or clear GIFs) to track or report visitor information.

For Additional Information:

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission provides information for educating consumers and businesses about the importance of personal information privacy.

If you have questions or comments about the City of Marion's privacy and security policy, please send e-mail or call (620) 382-3703.


Copyright

Some materials provided on the City of Marion website may be copyrighted, registered or trademarked by commercial businesses or private individuals and are not public domain materials.

If you have any questions, suggestions or comments, you may contact the Web Site Administrator by email.


Accessibility

Website Accessibility Design Guidelines:

We make every possible effort to make this website compliant with the American with Disabilities Act. If you have advice or comments on how we can improve this website’s accessibility for you or for other users who have disabilities, please do let us know.

This website has been designed with the aim of providing accessibility to all users, including those with disabilities:

  • The fonts used throughout this website are standardized and are intended to be easily readable and legible across various devices.
  • The design of this site is intended to rely on text for navigational links (instead of graphics) in order to make the site readable by screen readers and other assistive technology
  • Our intention is to communicate to you and other site users mainly with textual content instead of relying on color.
  • Whenever possible, we have all images and hyperlinks with appropriate or descriptive “alt text” or alternative text to help.
  • Our intention is to make this website compliant with American with Disabilities Act Section 508 so that it is accessible to all users.
  • We work to comply with Section 508 as well as as the WCAG 2.1 A and AA for accessibility standards.
  • Should you or anybody else have some difficulty or challenges accessing any part of this site, please contact us directly through this website, via email, through the mail, or call us on the telephone with your questions, concerns, advice, or comments. We will do our best to assist you!

If you use technology to assist with consuming content on this site, including a Braille reader, a screen reader, TTY (Text Telephone) or TDD (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf) and the format, layout, organization or style of any of the content or material on this website interferes or inhibits with your ability to access the information, please contact us. Alternatively, users who need accessibility assistance can contact us by phone through the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY/Voice communication.

To help us serve you better, please include the following information when contacting us:

  • Describe the nature of your accessibility problem.
  • What is the URL / web address where the information is located.
  • What format would you prefer to receive the content or material provided to you.
  • The best contact information for you.

Web Browser Accessibility Tools:

Nowadays the most popular browsers have accessibility built into it. Likewise the most popular mobile devices (specifically Android and iOS) have accessibility built into their operation systems. It could help you to look at the links below for assistance in optimizing and enhancing your user-experience should you have issues with accessibility:

Other Resources:

  • This site will also contain PDF files, and therefore you may use Adobe Reader to view and print these PDFs. Adobe Reader is a free software program and is available across most popular platforms, devices and operating systems. You can visit the Adobe website to download the software.
  • Should you wish to read any PDF documents with a screen reader, please visit the Adobe Reader Accessibility website and look at the information underneath the section labeled “Accessibility resources” which has helpful information.
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines can also be accessed online.