By Dian Ver Valen
The Times
County May Require Volunteer Screening
Commissioners are considering a new policy that would require background checks for all volunteers
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DAYTON – Columbia County Commissioners along with County Risk Manager Andrew Woods and Prosecutor Rea Culwell have been working for months on a policy for screening volunteers who assist with county functions and events, such as the annual county fair.
Currently such volunteers – who might help out in any department from public works (fairgrounds or golf course, for example) to public health and emergency management – are not screened through a background investigation. All county employees are screened.
Monday, at the commissioners’ regular workshop, Woods presented a draft volunte...
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