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DeKalb County commissioners approve five-year background-check policy, plan training and budget adjustment
Summary
The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners approved an update to the employee handbook to require routine background checks at five-year intervals, directed distribution of the addendum to employees, and discussed related training, plaque purchases and budget impacts.
The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners on May 27 approved an update to the county employee handbook to require routine criminal and motor-vehicle background checks at a five-year interval for existing employees.
County staff said the change responds to the county insurance carrier’s request that departments renew background checks at five-year anniversaries; Sunny Meadows staff had been checked every three years under an earlier requirement. County staff said departments that already perform post-offer checks will continue those checks and that some departments check more frequently than every five years.
“We criminal background check and motor vehicle check all of our, post offer applicants, candidates,” a staff member said during the meeting. The staff member told commissioners…
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