Subject:
Title
Staff Direction: Background Investigation Screenings for Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Partners, Recreation Instructors and Volunteers
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Fiscal Impact:
Approximately $70,000 annually
Dept/Office:
Parks and Recreation
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners provide direction to staff regarding Background Investigation Screenings for Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Partners, Recreation Instructors and Volunteers
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Summary Explanation and Background:
Background Screening Criteria
The Parks and Recreation Department currently uses Administrative Order-05 (Background Investigation Checks) to background investigation Screen Recreation Partners, Recreation Instructors, and Volunteers. Consistent with AO-05, any person volunteering with At-Risk Population - children, elderly, disabled, and those whom cannot defend themselves, must successfully pass a High-Level Background Investigation Screening. High-Level background screening includes volunteer fingerprints submitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the National FBI for a criminal background check, and a background investigation sent to the Brevard Electronic Court Application.
Commissioners requested that staff explore what options exist regarding background investigation screenings for Parks and Recreation volunteers. Staff is providing the following Options for Board consideration:
Option I: Continue to use AO-05 as the basis of determining whether a Recreation Partner, Recreation Instructor or Volunteer successfully passes the Background Investigation Screening.
Option II: Create a new Procedure specifically for the Parks and Recreation Department. The new Background Investigation Screenings procedure could contain:
(a) more stringent criteria than in the current AO-05; or
(b) more lenient/flexible criteria than in the current AO-05
Option III: The Recreation Partner, Recreation Instructor, or Vol...
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