(a) The Fire Chief has recommended to the Council of the Village of Lordstown that the Village should require all new Fire Department employees (firefighters, EMTS and paramedics) to submit to a criminal background check with both Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) through the office of the Trumbull County Sheriff prior to being employed by the Village of Lordstown.
(b) The Council of the Village of Lordstown concurs with the recommendation of the Fire Chief and hereby directs that all new Fire Department individuals employed by the Village (firefighters, EMTs and paramedics) shall be required to submit a criminal background check with both Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) through the office of the Trumbull County Sheriff as a precondition to being employed by the Village of Lordstown.
(c) The Mayor and the Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with the office of the Trumbull County Sheriff to perform criminal background checks of all new Fire Department employees of the Village of Lordstown and information generated from such criminal background checks shall be transmitted confidentially to the Mayor of the Village of Lordstown who shall assume responsibility for administering the criminal background check employment program within the Village of Lordstown.
(d) The costs incurred to engage the office of the Trumbull County Sheriff to perform such FBI and BCI criminal background checks for new Fire Department employees of the Village of Lordstown shall not exceed seventy dollars ($70.00) per background check and shall be charged to the professional services account of the Fire Department account within the Village of Lordstown.
(e) That this section shall become effective retroactive to November 15, 2020.
(Ord. 53-2020. Passed 12-14-20.)