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Sunset Beach council adopts background‑check ordinance and approves a package of administrative actions, contracts and settlements
Summary
On May 2 the council adopted an ordinance authorizing fingerprinting and nationwide criminal‑history checks for municipal applicants and employees, approved electronic advertising for bids, authorized an RFQ advertisement, adopted a budget amendment, approved Catchment 7 change orders and ratified settlement agreements for Riptide Building Management and Cobblestone Creek.
The Town of Sunset Beach took a number of administrative actions at its May 2 meeting, including adoption of a municipal ordinance authorizing fingerprint‑based criminal‑history checks for applicants and employees.
Town staff told council the ordinance is intended to provide nationwide criminal‑history checks (fingerprints are particularly useful for out‑of‑state candidates) and that the change would apply to all town employees, including hires for police, fire and administrative positions. Council moved to adopt the…
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