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An Ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, amending Section 3.70.040 of the City Code of Maricopa regarding fingerprinting of prospective employees, volunteers and contractors. Discussion and Action.
AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION
According to the FBI the city may no longer fingerprint volunteers because this action is not written into City Code. The request is to repeal and replace verbiage in City Code to accommodate the action of fingerprint identification. See below:
Section 1. Section 3.70.040 of the City Code of Maricopa and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Each candidate who is issued a conditional offer of city employment shall provide to the police chief or the police chief’s designee, fingerprint identification. Each individual who desires to volunteer for the city may be required, at the City’s sole and absolute discretion, to provide to the police chief, the fire chief or their designees, fingerprint identification. Each individual contracted by the City for certain services may be required, at the City’s sole and absolute discretion, to provide to the police chief of the police chief’s designee, fingerprint identification.
The police chief, the fire chief or their designees, shall, pursuant to A.R.S. §41-1750 and Public Law 92-544, forward those fingerprints accompanied by appropriate fees to the state department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of seeking criminal history information on such applicant, volunteer or contractor. Information obtained shall be used only for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of prospective employees, volunteers or contractors and shall otherwise remain confidential.
This item will be presented by Commander Stephen Judd
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Mayor and City Council approve the request made by Human Resources (HR) and the Police Department (MP...
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