(A) Recruitment. The Human Resources Director shall give public notice of recruitment for examinations which are to be held for filling positions in classified service. The notice shall contain the time, place, date and requirements for the examinations. Applications for all positions of the classified service are to be submitted to the Human Resources Director on prescribed forms. All prospective employees shall be required to authorize the City to conduct all appropriate background screening procedures as a condition of employment with the City.
(B) Criminal History Records Check. In addition to the foregoing, as authorized in F.S. § 166.0442, the City may, in its sole discretion, require employment screening for any position of municipal employment or appointment which the City determines is critical to security or public safety, or for any private contractor, employee of a private contractor, vendor, repair person, or delivery person who has access to any public facility or publicly operated facility that the City determines is critical to security or public safety. Each person applying for, or continuing employment in, any such position or having access to any such facility shall also be required to be fingerprinted. The fingerprints shall be submitted to the Department of Law Enforcement for a state criminal history record check and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The information obtained from the criminal history record checks conducted pursuant to this Ordinance may be used by the municipality to determine an applicant's eligibility for employment or appointment and to determine an employee's eligibility for continued employment. This section is not intended to preempt or prevent any other background screening, including, but not limited to, criminal history background checks, that a municipality may lawfully undertake.
(Ord. 2023-19, passed 4-20-23)