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Council tables volunteer background-screening policy after questions about scope and costs
Summary
Council reviewed a draft background-screening policy that would require checks for volunteers across commissions and programs but moved the item to the executive committee for further vetting over scope, rescreen frequency and who bears the cost.
Golf Manor council discussed a draft background-screening policy on May 19 that would require criminal-background checks for prospective and current volunteers, with periodic rescreens.
Solicitor Butler explained the policy had been prepared earlier and revised slightly to allow discretion rather than an absolute bar for volunteers with…
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