HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1985/06/18 Item 12 COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item 12
Meeting Date 6/18/85
ITEM TITLE: Urgency Ordi nance /75--
/ Ame ndi ng Chul a Vi sta Municipal Code
requiring fingerprinting of drivers of public transportation
systems operating in the City of Chula Vista
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SUBMITTED BY: Director of Public Works/City Engineer
REVIEWED BY: City Manager (4/5ths Vote: Yes X No )
The City of Chula Vista provides local public transportation service on Chula
Vista Transit and HandYtrans. The City of Chula Vista contracts with the
South Coast Organization Operating Transit (SCOOT), a joint powers agency
between the City of Chula Vista and County of San Diego, for CVT service.
SCOOT in turn contracts with a private contractor for CVT operation. The City
of Chula Vista contracts directly with a private firm for HandYtrans
operation. Under the existing Chula Vista Municipal Code, neither CVT nor
HandYtrans drivers are subject to a fingerprinting and background check as a
condition of employment. This amendment to the Code would require both Chula
Vista Transit and HandYtrans drivers to be fingerprinted as a condition of
employment, as are City of Chula Vista employees.
RECOMMENDATION: That Council adopt urgency ordinance amending the Chula
Vista Municipal Code to require fingerprinting of Chula Vista Transit and
HandYtrans drivers.
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: Not applicable.
DISCUSSION:
CVT and HandYtrans drivers are employees of the respective private firms under
contract with SCOOT and the City of Chula Vista for providing public
transportation services. Each private operator has its own policies and
procedures for screening and hiring drivers, although the private company is
limited by law to the extent that a check into a perspective employee' s
criminal background through fingerprinting may not be obtained. In addition,
since SCOOT and the City of Chula Vista may change contract operators
periodically through the competitive bid process, the screening and hiring
process for drivers may vary depending on the private operator.
Since both CVT and HandYtrans drivers are in constant contact with the public,
staff believes that the fingerprinting of drivers of both systems is advisable
for the following reasons:
- It would be an additional step in the screening and hiring process of
driv- ' t .d.i 'on to the •rocedures used by the private operators.
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- It would establish consi stency in the screening process regardless of
the varying policies of different private operators under contract to
either SCOOT or the City.
If this ordinance i s adopted by Council , the fingerprinting requirement will d
be applicable to Community Transit Services, Inc. drivers on both CVT and
HandYtrans, and to all future private operators of both systems. Community
Transit Services, Inc. currently is in the process of hiring drivers for CVT
to begin service on July 1 , 1985. Although the results of the fingerprinting
check would probably not be available before July 1 , adopting an urgency
ordinance would expedite this screening process.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
WMG:nr/DS-027, DT-007
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