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-444- ORDINANCE # 03- CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 3.20, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE PERSONNEL POLICY OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA. An ordinance to amend Chapter 3.20 of the City Code, titled "Personnel Policy" by the addition of 3.20.24, titled "Criminal History Background Investigations." SECTION 1. Amendment The following text is hereby incorporated into Chapter 3.20, Personnel Policy, of the City Code. Section 3.20 Personnel Policy Section 3.20.24 Criminal History Backgronnd Investigations Subdivision 1. Authority Mi~mesota Statute, Section 13.87, authorizes city police departments to conduct criminal history background investigations on applicants for City positions using Minnesota Computerized Criminal History data. Subdivision 2. Applications This section applies only to applicants who are finalists for regular, temporary and volunteer status positions. Before the investigation is undertaken the applicant must authorize the Police Department in writing to undertake the investigation and to release the information to the City Council, City Administrator, and/or other City staff as appropriate. Subdivision 3. Rejection of Applications Except in the case of exceptions set forth in Minnesota Statutes Section 364.09, as may be amended fi'om time to time, if the City rejects an application for employment due partly or solely to the applicant's prior conviction ora crime which relates directly to tl~e position sought, the City's Human Resources Manager will notify the applicant in writing of the following: the grounds and reasons for denial; the applicant complaint and grievance procedure set forth in Minnesota Statute Section 364.06, as may be amended from time to time;