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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH A REPORTING CRIMINAL CHARGES AND CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS POLICY
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WHEREAS, the County of Sullivan (“County”) is committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse and skilled workforce; and
WHEREAS, the County of Sullivan, while being committed to protecting the rights of all of its employees, must also ensure there is no perception of potential impropriety on the part of its employees, while also protecting the functions and property of the County; and
WHEREAS, in the event of the levying of a criminal charge and/or criminal conviction of an employee, the County must review whether any criminal charge and subsequent conviction would bear a direct relationship to the duties of its employees; and
WHEREAS, the County has deemed it necessary to require its employees to disclose any criminal charge or conviction of a crime as defined by the State of New York, Federal or any other state Penal Law, exclusive of a charge of a violation, within five (5) working days of the commencement of the proceedings (arraignment) against them to the Sullivan County Commissioner of Human Resources; and
WHEREAS, in the event an employee is convicted of a crime, said employee must notify the County within twenty-four (24) hours of the conviction to the Sullivan County Commissioner of Human Resources; and
WHEREAS, the County wishes to codify this practice into the Reporting Criminal Charges and Criminal Convictions Policy as annexed; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Sullivan County Legislature adopt and implement the Reporting Criminal Charges and Criminal Convictions Policy as annexed, effective immediately.
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