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ii joui 'V 'h ill persons. Protection of these vulnerable persons warrants the investigation of persons who are finalists to fill these certain employment positions with the City and who are applying to volunteer in City programs that provide services to these members of the public. (2) Some City employees and volunteers work closely with public funds and accounts and are in positions that have access to property or assets of the City where losses are difficult to detect or prevent. In order to minimize the risk that the public trust will be violated, computerized criminal history inquiries of those individuals who are finalists to be employed in such positions are necessary. (3) Some City employees and volunteers enter the private homes of City residents in the p^ormance of necessary and worthwhile public services. Computerized criminal history inquiries on persons who are finalists for such positions are deemed necessary to minimize the risk that the personal safety of residents in their homes will be violated. (4) Many City employees and some volunteers operate, on a regular basis, heavy machinery, buses, street maintenance equipment, and/or other City- own^ motor vehicles on public rights-of-way. In order to minimize the loss of public property and the loss of life in serious traffic accidents, computerized criminal history inquiries and driver’s license history inquiries of finalists for such positions are appropriate. (5) In accordance with the state policy of encouraging the rehabilitation of criminal offenders, the computerized criminal history and driver's license history inquiries prescribed herein shall not be an automatic bar to public employment but rather used in assessing the rehabilitation of the finalist in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Sections 364.01 to 364.10. (6) This ordinance cannot guarantee that groups or individuals will be protected from the criminal acts of employees or volunteers; rather, its intent is to minimize certain risks in the performance of government services to the general public. (d) Computerized Criminal History and Driver's Licettse History inquiries authorized. Data obtained from computerized criminal history and driver’s license history inquiries shall be released only to authorized personnel. The City Administrator or the City Administrator ’s designee is authorized to conduct computerized criminal history and driver’s license history inquiries in accordance with the following procedures: (1) Only persons who are finalists for the positions of employment specified in Section 2-73 (e) of this Division or who are ^plying to volunteer in City programs providing services to children or vulnerable adults shall be subject to the computerized criminal history and driver's license history inquiries prescribed herein. J