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. ,J ':'" , il l<io it , ~ "." "",. -: ~ ..... #' ORDINANCE S04A Ordinance No. 21-8.1 ~ ST^TE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON AN OHDI!MNCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE I OF THE NE~l BRIGHTON C I'ry CODE: The Council of the City 'of New Brighton does hereby ordain as folluws: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of New Brighton, Minneso~a, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 21-8.1, which reads as follows: Section 21-8.1. Investigation. (a) It is the specific intent of the City of New Brighton bJ prrlvide its ci tizens wi th public employees of the highest inteqrity and backqround. To achieve this end, the city deems it necessary for the City Manager, as appointing authority, to be fanliliar with any convictions for criminal law violations of prospective employees. Further, it is the intent of the City of New Brighton to restrict such knowledge to the administrative and investigative staff ()f the Police Department and to the CitYt Manager. (b) All finalists for appointments as city employees shall be required, at the discretion of the City Manager, to be finger- printed fur comparison with appropriate files, to submit to a background investigation, and to give their informed consent for the City of New Briyhton to conduct searches of criminal history files as necessary. (c) Upon appointment of the successful applicant for sinqle vacancies, and upon appointment of all successful appli~ cants to multiple vacancies, all criminal history information conccrniny all unsuccessful applicants shall be destroyed. The criminal Ilistory data uf successful applicants shall be sealed and retained by the Chief of Police. ^ccess to this information shall be restricted to the applicant, the Chief of Police, and l~qal counsel fur the City fur the purpose of civil or criminal court actiun .:lrising from the applic.3nt's employment-rela.ted i'leti vi t ios. i\ I f.'!) t\ppli.~-:o.1nt;;: ~'-'r P":';! ~.i\_'ns i;1 t~le p(ll:i..~e deparL."TlPflt ,,>ra.i", cUl!1ply \,,;iLll (b) dt t.his ~cct.i\ln. /\11 unsuccessful applicants' <.:rimin.:ll his tory cia ta sha 11 ue des troyecl upon exp.lra t ion l1f the appointment list for the vacant position. The criminal history data (If Successful applicants shall be sealed and retained as provided in (c) of this section.