[Ord. No. 06-01 §§1 — 6, 2-6-2006]
A. 
This Section is enacted pursuant to Section 43.535, RSMo., to regulate the employment of those hired by the City of Tipton, Missouri.
B. 
An applicant, employee or volunteer seeking to engage in working for the City of Tipton shall submit a set of his/her fingerprints taken by the Tipton Police Department.
C. 
Upon receipt of the fingerprints, the City Clerk will transmit the fingerprints and the appropriate fees to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The Missouri State Highway Patrol will compare the subject's fingerprints against its criminal file and 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 Missouri State Highway Patrol, which will disseminate the State and national results to the City of Tipton.
D. 
The City of Tipton shall render a fitness determination based upon the results of the criminal background check. In rendering a fitness determination, the City of Tipton will decide whether the record subject has been convicted of or is under pending indictment for a crime which bears upon his/her ability or fitness to serve in the capacity for which he/she has applied; any felony or misdemeanor which involved force or threat of force, controlled substances or was a sex-related offense; or enumerated disqualifiers.
E. 
A record subject may request and receive a copy of his/her criminal history record information from the City of Tipton. Should the record subject need to amend or correct his/her record, he/she must contact the Missouri State Highway Patrol for a Missouri State record or the Federal Bureau of Investigation for records from other jurisdictions maintained in its file.
F. 
A copy of this Section must be sent to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Access Integrity Unit, 1510 E. Elm Street, P.O. Box 9500, Jefferson City, MO 65102-9500.