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City Council Office recommending a process for future appointments requiring City Council consent.
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Presenter:
Mike Applegarth
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Description/Background:
Utah Code Annotated 10-3b-202 and Sandy City Administrative Code 6-2-3 requires the Mayor to appoint, with the City Council's advice and consent, a qualified person for each of the following positions: chief administrative officer, recorder, treasurer, engineer, and city attorney. The Sandy City Administrative Code also requires the Mayor to appoint with the City Council's advice and consent, each department head of the City, each statutory officer of the City, and each member of a statutory commission, board or committee of the City. Other areas of the Administrative Code require the City Council's consent on positions including members of the Planning Commission, Board of Adjustment, Human Resources Director, the hearing officer for reasonable accommodation requests, and Arts Guild Board of Trustees.
Due to the long-standing relationship with Administration, the Council has approached its advice and consent role informally. Due to the turnover in the Mayor's Office and pending change in positions for which the Council has an advice and consent role, the Council Office recommends the following with any new appointments:
1. Require a criminal background check.
Sandy City's Operations Manual "Selection and Recruitment" policy adopted in 1993 does not mandate background checks. It leaves the decision of whether or not to background check a potential new hire to the hiring authority. Many other cities, for example Murray, Ogden, Provo and South Salt Lake require criminal background checks on all new employees or at a minimum, director-level positions. As part of the hiring authority due to its advice and consent duty for those positions identified in state statute or municipal code, the City Council should consider requiring criminal background checks as the first step ...
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