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0 <br />0 <br />r <br />GOVERNMENT OPERATION <br />(2) Some city employees and volunteers work <br />closely with public funds and accounts <br />and are in positions that have access to <br />property or assets of the city where losses <br />are difficult to detect or prevent. In order <br />to minimize the risk that the public trust <br />will be violated, computerized criminal <br />history inquiries of those individuals who <br />are finalists to be employed in such <br />positions are necessary. <br />(3) Some city employees and volunteers enter <br />the private homes of city residents in the <br />performance of necessary and worthwhile <br />public services. Computerized criminal <br />history inquiries on persons who are <br />finalists for such positions are deemed <br />necessary to minimize the risk that the <br />personal safety of residents in their homes <br />will be violated. <br />(4) Many city employees and some volunteers <br />operate, on a regular basis, heavy <br />machinery, buses, street maintenance <br />equipment, and/or other city -owned motor <br />vehicles on public rights -of -way. In order <br />to minimize the loss of public property <br />and the loss of life in serious traffic <br />accidents, computerized criminal history <br />inquiries and driver's license history <br />inquiries of finalists for such positions <br />are appropriate. <br />(5) In accordance with the state policy of <br />encouraging the rehabilitation of criminal <br />offenders, the computerized criminal his- <br />tory and driver's license history inquiries <br />prescribed herein shall not be an <br />automatic bar to public employment but <br />rather used in assessing the rehabilita- <br />tion of the finalist in accordance with <br />Minn. Stats. §§ 364.01 to 364.10. <br />(6) This section cannot guarantee that groups <br />or individuals will be protected from the <br />criminal acts of employees or volunteers; <br />rather, its intent is to minimize certain <br />risks in the performance of government <br />services to the general public. <br />(d) Computerized criminal history and driver's <br />license history inquiries authorized. Data obtained <br />from computerized criminal history and driver's <br />§ 1.08.230 <br />license history inquiries shall be released only to <br />authorized personnel. The city administrator or <br />the city administrator's designee is authorized to <br />conduct computerized criminal history and driver's <br />license history inquiries in accordance with the <br />following procedures: <br />(1) Only persons who are finalists for the <br />positions of employment specified in <br />subsection (e) of this section or who are <br />applying to volunteer in city programs <br />providing services to children or vulner- <br />able adults shall be subject to the <br />computerized criminal history and driver's <br />license history inquiries presci ibed herein. <br />(2) The person who is a finalist for a position <br />detailed in subsection (e) of this section <br />shall be presented with an informed <br />consent form indicating that the person <br />may consent to the computerized criminal <br />history inquiry and/or driver's license <br />history inquiry or may refuse. If the <br />finalist refuses to sign the consent, the <br />person shall not be allowed to continue in <br />the employment process for the position <br />sought. <br />(3) Persons who are applying to volunteer in <br />programs that provide services to children <br />or vulnerable adults shall be notified <br />that computerized criminal history and/or <br />driver's license history inquiries will be <br />conducted prior to their participation in <br />the program. <br />(e) Applicability. <br />(1) Employees. Computerized criminal his- <br />tory inquiries and driver's license history <br />inquiries shall be conducted in accordance <br />with this section on persons who are <br />finalists for the following city positions <br />or position types: <br />a. Assessors, property appraisers, and <br />meter readers; <br />b. Public health nurses and aides and <br />similarly situated public health <br />personnel; <br />C. Employees operating street <br />maintenance equipment and heavy <br />machinery; <br />CD1:13 <br />