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CITY OF GEM LAKE <br />ORDINANCE NO. 105 <br />ORDINANCE RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND <br />FOR APPLICANTS FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT AND CITY LICENSES <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEM LAKE ORDAINS: <br />SECTION 1. EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND CHECKS — APPLICANTS FOR <br />TOWNSHIP EMPLOYMENT. <br />1-1. PURPOSE. The purpose and intent of this section is to establish <br />regulations that will allow law enforcement access to Minnesota's Computerized <br />Criminal History information for specified non -criminal purposes of employment <br />background checks for the positions described in Section 1-2. <br />1-2. CRIMINAL HISTORY EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND <br />INVESTIGATIONS. The Ramsey County Sheriffs Department is hereby <br />required, as the exclusive entity within the City of Gem Lake, to do a criminal <br />history background investigation on the applicants for the following positions <br />within the City of Gem Lake, unless the City Council concludes that a <br />background investigation is not needed: Employment positions: ail regular part- <br />time or full-time employees of the City of Gem Lake. <br />1-2.1.. In conducting the criminal history background investigation in order <br />to screen employment applicants, the Ramsey County Sheriffs. <br />Department is authorized to access data maintained in the Minnesota <br />Bureau of Criminal Apprehensions Computerized Criminal History <br />information system in accordance with BCA policy. .Any data that is <br />accessed and acquired shall be maintained at the Ramsey County <br />Sheriff's Department under the care and custody of the Sheriff or his or <br />her designee. A summary of -the results of the. Computerized Criminal <br />.History data may be released by the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department <br />to the City Council, City Clerk or other City staff involved in the hiring. <br />process. <br />1-2.2. Before the investigation is undertaken, the applicant must authorize <br />the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department by written consent to undertake <br />the investigation. The written consent must fully comply with the provisions. <br />of Minn. Stat. Chap. 13 regarding the collection, maintenance and use of <br />the information. Except for the positions set forth in Minnesota Statutes, <br />Section, 364.09, the City will not reject an applicant for employment on the <br />basis of the applicant's prior conviction unless the crime is directly related <br />to the position of employment sought and the conviction is for a felony, <br />gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor with a jail sentence. If the City <br />