RESOLUTION NO. R17-32
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ENTERING INTO OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ENTITLED, "AGREEMENT WITH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM ALLOWING RECEIPT OF CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES."
Staff Contact: Jim Brown, Director, Human Resources and Risk Management
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution to approve and direct the City Manager to enter into an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Arizona Department of Public Safety to provide criminal history record information and/or criminal justice information via the applicant fingerprint card process to the City of Glendale for employment purposes.
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Background
Article III, Division I, Sec. 2-51 of the Glendale City Code states the following: "All applicants being considered for selection for positions as city employees and all prospective volunteers under the direction of the city whose duties include interaction with juveniles, upon application for temporary or permanent employment for an indefinite period of time or upon application to volunteer, shall appear at the offices of the police department and submit to having copies of their fingerprints made by a police officer. The human resources department shall forward the fingerprints of eligible applicants to the Arizona Department of Public Safety for the purpose of obtaining a state and federal criminal records check pursuant to A.R.S section 41-1750 and P.L. 92-544." In addition to ensuring all new hires are fingerprinted, we are performing our due diligence in fingerprinting volunteers as well. The City has been following this practice for more than ten years. These fingerprints are sent to the Department of Public Safety to obtain criminal...
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