HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1985-2115 ORDINANCE NO.2115
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL
CODE SECTION 2.05.020 REQUIRING FINGERPRINTING OF
DRIVERS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS OPERATED
FOR THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista hereby finds
and determines as follows:
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista provides local public
transportation services through Chula Vista Transit and
HandYtrans, and
WHEREAS, the operation of Chula Vista Transit is
provided pursuant to a contract between the City of Chula Vista
and the South Coast Organization Operating Transit, and
WHEREAS, South Coast Organization Operating Transit has
contracted with a private company for the operation of Chula
Vista Transit, and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista has contracted with a
private company for the operation of HandYtrans, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
desires to ensure that the drivers of the local public
transportation system will provide safe and competent service to
the citizens of Chula Vista, and
WHEREAS, City of Chula Vista employees are required to
be fingerprinted to determine if the applicant has a prior
criminal history, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista has
determined that transit drivers providing local public
transportation service for the City should also be fingerprinted
and "screened", and
WHEREAS, Section 11105 of the Penal Code requires that
the local legislative body adopt by ordinance any requirement for
the fingerprinting of prospective applicants, and
WHEREAS, the South Coast Organization Operating Transit
has awarded a contract to Community Transit Services, Inc. who is
in the process of hiring drivers for the Chula Vista Transit
System.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: That Section 2.05.020 of the Chula Vista
Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended to add a new
subsection F to read as follows:
F. Pursuant to Section 11105 of the Penal Code of the
State of California, the City Council of the City
of Chula Vista hereby authorizes the City Manager
to have access and to utilize state summary
criminal history information as a requirement for
driving in the local public transportation service
of Chula Vista Transit and HandYtrans.
SECTION II: This ordinance is hereby declared to be an
urgency ordinance to protect the public health, safety and
welfare and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. The
facts constituting said urgency are set forth hereinabove and
represent a concern of the City Council that drivers in the local
transit system of the City be required to undergo the same
screening process as City employees. The drivers of the Chula
Vista Transit system provide a service to the citizens of Chula
Vista which must not be compromised by the hiring of
inappropriate personnel.
This ordinance shall become effective upon its first
reading and adoption if passed by at least four (4) affirmative
votes of the City Council as an emergency measure.
Presented by Approved as to form by
ohn P.'~';ipP'~it~r of . Gill, Assistant
~Works/City Engineer City Attorney
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, AT FIRST READING THIS 18th DAY OF June
19 85 BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE, TO-WIT:
AYES: COUNCILEMBERS: McCandliss, Scott, Moore, Cox, Malcolm
NAYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Mayor of ~e~ity of Chula Vista
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I. JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chula Vista,
California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full,
true and correct copy of ORDINANCE NO. 2115 , and that the same has
not been amended or repealed.
DATED
City Clerk
(seal)
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