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45 CITY OF SAINT ANTHONY VILLAGE ORDINANCE NO. 2012-08 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND FOR APPLICANTS FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT AND CITY LICENSES The City Council of the City of Saint Anthony ordains as follows for City Employment: § 32.50 EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND CHECKS A. Applicants for City Employment (1) Purpose: The purpose and intent of this section is to establish regulations that will allow lazy enforcement access to Minnesota's Computerized Criminal History information for specified non- criminal pi.trposes of employment background checks for City positions. (2) Criminal History Employment Background Investigations: The City of St. Anthony Police Department is Itereby required, as the exclusive entihj within the Cihj, 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: All full and part-time positions. (3) 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 Department 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 hisjher designee. A summary of the results of the Computerized Criminal History data may be released by the Police Department to the hiring authority, including the City Council, the City Manager. (4) Before the investigation is undertaken, the applicant must authorize the Police Department by written consent to undertake the investigation. The written consent must fully comply with the provisions of MN Statute Chapter 13 regarding the collection, maintenance and use of the information. Except for the positions set forth in Minnesota Statutes Sections 364.09, the City will not reject an applicant for employment on the basis of the applicant's prior conviction unless the crime is directly related to the position ofemployment sought and the conviction is for a felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor with a jail sentence. If the Cihj rejects the applicant's request on this basis, the City shall notify the applicant in writing of the following: a. The grounds and reasons for the denial. b. The applicant complaint and grievance procedure set forth in Minnesota Statutes Section 364.06. c. The earliest date the applicant may reapply for employment. d. That all competent evidence of rehabilitation will be considered upon reapplication.