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, ’( ^ 4 ORDINANCE NO., THIRD SERIES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORONO MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 2-73 AND AMENDING SECTION 26-32 (5) REGARDING COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY AND DRIVER’S LICENSE HISTORY INQUIRIES The City Council of Orono, Minnesota ordains as follows: SECTION 1. Municipal Zoning Code Chs^ter 2, Administration, is hereby amended by adding the following language as Section 2-73 - Computerized Criminal History and Driver’s License History Inquiries; Sec. 2-73. Computerized Criminal History and Driver ’s License History Inquiries. (a) Purpose. The puipose of this Division is to authorize the City of Orono to conduct computerized criminal history (CCH) and driver’s license history inquiries on persons who are finalists for certain employment positions in the City and who are volunteers in City programs providing services to children or vulnerable adults. Access for these purposes shall be limited to Minnesota CCH public data only. Nothing in this Division shall be construed to preclude the City from conducting comprehersive background investigations of applicants for city employment positions, including but not limited to accessing public data through other automated and non-automated sources and contacting references. Nothing in this Division shall be construed to preclude the City from periodically conducting a driver’s license inquiry upon employees or volunteers where possession of a valid driver’s license is an essential qualirication of the position. (b) Definitions. (1) Computerized criminal history inquiries means criminal histories obtained through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s computerized criminal history system. (2) Driver's license history inquiries means driver's license violations recorded by the Minnesota Department of Public Safely. (c) Findings of the City Council. The Orono City Council makes the following findings regarding the need to conduct computerized criminal history and driver's ifcense history inquiries on persons who are finalists for certain City positions and who are applying to volunteer in City programs providing services to children or vulnerable adults, recognizing that the City Council has a significant interest in protecting the general public in the performance of government services. (1) Certain City employees and volunteers work independently with and provide public services to some of the most vulnerable members of society: children, senior citizens, developmentally disabled individuals, and mentally It