(a) The Director of Port Control is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States of America, an entity identified by the United States of America as its vendor, or when allowable under federal regulations, an entity selected by the Director of Port Control through the City’s process of receiving professional services through competitive proposals to provide and process electronic fingerprint-based background checks required under 49 C.F.R. Part 1542.209 for employees and prospective employees at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, and for airport tenants located at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, subject to terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Law. When allowable under federal regulations, the Director of Port Control is authorized to employ by contract or contracts one (1) or more consultants or one (1) or more firms of consultants for the purpose of supplementing the regularly employed staff of the several departments of the City of Cleveland in order to provide professional services necessary to provide electronic fingerprint- based background checks. The selection of the consultants for the services shall be made by the Board of Control on the nomination of the Director of Port Control from a list of qualified consultants available for employment as may be determined after a full and complete canvass by the Director of Port Control for the purpose of compiling a list. The compensation to be paid for the services shall be fixed by the Board of Control. The contract or contracts authorized shall be prepared by the Director of Law, approved by the Director of Port Control, and certified by the Director of Finance.
(b) The Director of Port Control is authorized to pay the costs of the electronic fingerprint-based background checks from Fund No. 60 SF 001.
(c) The Director is further authorized to accept fees from airport tenants located at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, to reimburse the City for the cost of fingerprinting and processing fingerprint-based background checks of the included tenant employees, and their prospective employees. The fees collected from the airport tenants shall be deposited into Fund No. 60 SF 001.
(Ord. No. 100-08. Passed 3-10-08, eff. 3-12-08)