In order to protect the citizens of the town and their properties, the procedures herein are established to provide for fingerprinting and criminal history checks on all final applicants for regular full and part-time positions in the town government. 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 drug or gambling related offense.
(A) The Town Manager, or designee, shall conduct an investigation of any final candidate for a permanent full-time or part-time position with 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 drivers license, if available, so that the Town Manager, or designee, may cause a thorough search to be made of local and state criminal records to determine if the applicant had a history of criminal convictions or the crimes enumerated above by the use of the Division of Criminal Information Network (DCI).
(B) The Police Department shall provide the findings from the use of the DCI to the Town Manager, or designee, provided that all necessary agreements with the State Bureau of Investigations Division of Criminal Information have been executed.
(C) An evaluation of any crime for purpose 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 for the position applied.
(Ord. passed 7-9-2007)