It shall be the duty of all the officers of the City to report
annually to the Board of Aldermen, such reports to embrace a full
statement of the receipts and expenditures of their respective offices
and such other matters as may be required by the Board of Aldermen
by ordinance, resolution or otherwise.
The Mayor or Board of Aldermen shall have power, as often as
he/she or they may deem it necessary, to require any officer of the
City to exhibit his/her accounts or other papers or records and to
make report to the Board of Aldermen, in writing, touching any matter
relating to his/her office.
[Ord. No. 1687 §§1 —
6, 3-7-2006]
A. This
Section is enacted pursuant to Section 43.535, RSMo., to regulate
the employment of those engaged in Fire protection and Police protection
for the City of Versailles, Missouri.
B. An
applicant, employee or volunteer seeking to engage as a Fireman or
Policeman shall submit a set of his/her fingerprints taken by the
Police Department to the City of Versailles, along with appropriate
fees.
C. Upon
receipt of the fingerprints and the appropriate fees, the City of
Versailles will transmit both sets of fingerprints and appropriate
fees to the State Identification Bureau. The State Identification
Bureau will compare the subject's fingerprints against its criminal
file and:
1. If no disqualifying conduct is found therein,
2. If necessary, submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
for a comparison with nationwide records. The results of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation check will be returned to the State Identification
Bureau, which will disseminate the State and national results to the
City of Versailles.
D. If
an employer or organization is a private entity, the City of Versailles
shall render a fitness determination based upon the results of the
criminal background check and communicate its fitness determination
to such private employer or organization. If an employer or organization
is a public entity, the City of Versailles shall:
1. Render a fitness determination based upon the results of the criminal
background check and communicate its fitness determination to such
public entity, or
2. Disseminate the results of the criminal background check to the public
entity for a fitness determination.
E. In
rendering a fitness determination, the City of Versailles will decide
whether the record subject has been convicted of (or is under pending
indictment for):
1. A crime which bears upon his/her ability or fitness to serve in that
capacity;
2. Any felony or a misdemeanor which involved force or threat of force,
controlled substances or was a sex-related offense; or
3. Enumerated disqualifiers.
F. A record
subject may request and receive a copy of his/her criminal history
record information from the City of Versailles. Should the record
subject seek to amend or correct his/her records, he/she must contact
the Missouri Identification Bureau for a Missouri State record or
the Federal Bureau of Investigation for records from other jurisdictions
maintained in its file.