What happens on social media may soon no longer be staying on social media, at least in Clark County government.

Tensions from Friday’s Clark County council retreat spilled into its Tuesday meeting as the council briefly discussed a policy proposed last week that would require the electronic archival of councilors’ social media posts. Posts related to county business would be stored on a county server to comply with the state Public Records Act.

While recounting last week’s all-day work session, Chair Marc Boldt, no party preference, raised the issue.

“There have been some reports out there that our prosecuting attorney essentially said he wanted all of our Facebook (pages) under county’s control,” Boldt said. “That wasn’t what he said or what he meant.”

Councilor David Madore was silent during last week’s conversation, despite being the council’s most prolific user of social media. He would arguably be most affected by changes in the county’s policy on keeping records of social media posts.