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1st Reading: 11/14/2008 Publication: (z, 'oc 8 Z'2aoq 2nd Reading: !y-1 812bo4 Effective: i [ i Council Member Reinert moved for adoption of the following ordinance: CITY OF LINO LAKES ORDINANCE NO. 15-08 ORDINANCE RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND FOR APPLICANTS FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT AND CITY LICENSES The City Council of the City of Lino Lakes do ordain as follows: Section 1. That Chapter 207.08 of the Lino Lakes City Code shall be amended to read as follows: SECTION 1 APPLICANTS FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT 1.1 PURPOSE: The purpose and intent of this section is to establish regulations that will allow law enforcement access to Minnesota's Computerized Criminal History information for specified non -criminal purposes of employment background checks for the positions described in Section 1.1. CRIMINAL HISTORY EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS: The Lino Lakes Police Department is hereby authorized required as the exclusive entity within the City, to do a criminal history background investigation on the applicants for the following positions within the city unless the city's hiring authority concludes that a background investigation is not needed: Employment positions: All regular part-time or full-time employees of the City of Lino Lakes and other positions that work with children or vulnerable adults. In conducting the criminal history background investigation in order to screen employment applicants, the Police Department is authorized to access data maintained in the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehensions Computerized Criminal History information system in accordance with BCA policy. Any data that is accessed and acquired shall be maintained at the Police Department under the care and custody of the chief law enforcement official or his or her designee. A summary of the results of the Computerized Criminal History data may be released by the Police Department to the hiring authority, to include the City Council, the City Administrator, Director of Administration or other city staff as appropriate.