The Chief of the Police Department or his or her designee is hereby designated officer of the city to check the criminal history concerning the suitability of applicants for a franchise to operate taxi cabs in the city, or to operate a taxi cab as an employee of the owner of the taxi franchise and to access the SBI/DCI criminal history record information to obtain the history of the applicant. The information shall be provided to the City Manager, or designee, and shall be and remain confidential. Prior to denial or termination of employment based upon CHRI received from the criminal justice agency, the non-criminal entity 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 CIIS for verification that the CHRI record belongs to the individual.
(Ord. 09-04, passed 2-2-09)