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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1537 Amending City Code Chapter 120 Related to Background Checks BILL NO: 2017-035 ORDINANCE NO: 115 ,37 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 120 RELATED TO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, AND CERTAIN CONTRACTORS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN FOR THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, as follows: SECTION 1 — ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT. Section 120.020 of the City Code of the City of Riverside, Missouri is hereby added to read as follows: Section 120.020 Background Checks. A. This Section is enacted pursuant to Section 43.535, RSMo, to regulate city employment and volunteers within the City of Riverside. B. A person seeking to engage in employment or volunteer positions within the City, or to perform contract services within or about City facilities, shall submit his/her fingerprints to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, along with appropriate fees. The Missouri State Highway Patrol, CJIS Division will compare the subject's fingerprints against its criminal file and submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a comparison with national criminal history records. The results of the FBI check will be returned to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, CJIS Division, which will disseminate the State and National results to the City. C. The City shall render a fitness determination based upon the results of the criminal background check. D. The subject of record may request and receive a copy of his/her criminal history record information from the City. Should the subject of record seek to amend or correct his/her record, he/she must contact the Missouri State Highway Patrol, CJIS Division for a Missouri State record and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for records from other state jurisdictions maintained in its file. SECTION 2 — EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval. BE IT REMBERED that the above was read two times by heading only, PASSED AND APPROVED by a majority of the Board of Aldermen and APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Riverside this day of 12017. Mayor Kathleen L. Rose ATTEST:.- 0 RobtrT Kincaid, City Clerk'