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CRT OF Agenda Section: 11.F !VMSREQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number: 96-1608C STAFF REPORT Report Date: 2-8-96 'a Council Action: fr�� 0 Special Order of Business gret •Partne="NQS . CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE February 12, 1996 C Public Hearings ❑ Consent Agenda El Council Business Item Description: Consideration and Formal Introduction of Ordinance No. 573 Amending the Municipal Code of Mounds View by Amending Chapter 300,Entitled"Personnel" Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY; The City of Mounds View makes it a policy to only hire the most qualified and competent people. The following ordinance on background checks(per Minnesota Statutes Chapter 299C)will help us to continue this employment practice and allow us to become more thorough by permitting our Police Department to perform background checks on those employees, full-time, part-time, seasonal, or volunteer, who work in conjunction with children; or where the"Clerk-Administrator has determined that conviction of a crime may relate directly to the position sought." The ordinance will be applicable to finalist candidates or volunteers. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has taken the position that local police departments may not use the Criminal Justice Information System to conduct background checks for employment purposes unless a iiiistatute or ordinance authorizes the department to do so. Without an ordinance in place the police department of Mounds View would need to conduct all background checks through the BCA at a rate of $8 a check. Here's how the process will work for hiring people who will be working with children (Note: the attachments have been revised since the February 5th Work Session): 1. All finalist candidates for employment and volunteer work will be given a letter (Attachment A-1 and A-2) making a conditional offer of employment or volunteer work pending the background investigation. 2. Finalist candidates will complete the background check form and data practice release form (Attachment B, C-1 and C-2). 3. Background check form and data practice release form are given to the Personnel Department. 4. The Personnel Department processes the paperwork via the Police Department (Attachment D). The results of the background check will be given to the Personnel Department. b/Z(C67/L iCiL05tk62 i L_. liawn Postudensek, Administrative Intern 0 RtECOMMENDATION; Waive the reading and formally introduce Ordinance 573 amending Chapter 300, entitled"Personnel", of the Mounds View Municipal Code.