§ 2-2. Criminal history checks on final applicants for employment.

In order to protect the citizens of the town and their properties, the following procedures are established to provide for fingerprinting and criminal history checks on all final applicants for regular and part-time positions in the town government. Subject to subsection (3) of this section, employment with the town may be denied for those persons convicted of any crime against a person, or crimes against property where intent is an element, or any disqualifying offense as provided by town policy.

(1)

The chief of police, or designee, may conduct a state criminal investigation of any final candidate for a permanent full-time, part-time, or seasonal position in the town government, and it shall be a precondition of employment that an applicant for such a position shall, upon request, provide fingerprints and all other necessary personal identification including a birth certificate, social security number and driver's license, if available, so that the chief of police, or designee may cause a thorough search to be made of local and state criminal records to determine if the applicant has a history of criminal convictions or the crimes enumerated in this section by use of the division of criminal information network (DCI).

(2)

The chief of police, or designee, shall provide the findings to the town manager, or department head from the use of the DCI, provided that all necessary agreements with the state bureau of investigations division of criminal information have been executed.

(3)

An evaluation of any crime for the purposes of employment will take into account the nature and the circumstances of the offense and the time frame of the offense as it relates to the essential job functions or the position applied.

(4)

Prior to denial or termination of employment based upon criminal history record information (CHRI) received from the chief of police, or designee shall verify the existence of a record by either obtaining a certified public record or by submitting a fingerprint card of the individual to the criminal information and identification section for verification that the CHRI record belongs to the individual.

(Ord. No. 15.7, § 1, 7-19-2011)