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Council Dumps Criminal Record Check Fee

May 01, 2011 posted by Steve Brownstein

Volunteers can rest a little easier. On April 26, Sooke (Canada) council voted to amend and give third reading to Bylaw No. 488 Fees Bylaw.

After a lot of discussion and community input, council voted to not institute a $10 fee for criminal record checks for volunteers. There will be a cost of $65 for regular criminal record checks.

RCMP Staff Sergeant Steve Wright stated that criminal record checks are time consuming and funding has been taken away by the federal government. The funding used to pay a civilian to do the checks. The employee spends 70 to 80 per cent of their time on record checks and the remainder on transcribing audio statements, which, says Wright is now a requirement of the RCMP.

“We need a revenue source to hire someone from outside the detachment to keep up with the work demand,” said Wright.

This sat well with the contingent of Girl Guides and Boy Scouts who came before council to state how these record checks and the fees were affecting their fundraising efforts and volunteers.