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14 <br />5. Access to County Facilities <br />(a) As used in this Agreement: "Employee" is defined as a person who receives <br />compensation from RENA and who is assigned to work at the Center; "Regular <br />volunteer" is defined as a person who is not an Employee or Temporary Volunteer but <br />who is assigned to work at the Center at least once per week; "Temporary Volunteer" is <br />defined as a person who is not an Employee or Regular Volunteer but who is assigned <br />to work at the Center not more than one day per calendar month. <br />(b) RENA shall provide a list of Regular Volunteers and Employees who will be assigned to <br />the Center to the County at least one week before the Center first opens for operation, or <br />prior to the Employee's or Regular Volunteer's first day of work at the Center <br />(c) County reserves the right to prohibit any individual Employee or volunteer of RENA from <br />accessing or providing services at the Center, or at County events at the Center, if <br />County determines, in its sole discretion, that such Employee or volunteer poses a threat <br />to the safety or well -being of County employees, guests, customers, or invitees. Should <br />the County act under this paragraph, County will notify RENA and the subject individual <br />in writing of the individual's identity and County's reason for prohibiting the individual as <br />soon as possible after making the determination that the individual poses a threat. <br />(d) RENA shall conduct criminal background checks on all Employees and Regular <br />Volunteers. RENA shall provide County with documentation that criminal background <br />checks were conducted on each of its employees and /or volunteers prior to assigning <br />them to the Center, and such check shall include an annual check of the State Sex <br />Offender and Public Protection Registration Program, the State Sexually Violent <br />Predator Registration Program, and the National Sex Offender Registry. <br />(e) RENA shall not assign any Employee or Regular Volunteer to staff the Center pursuant <br />to this Agreement if the Employee or Regular Volunteer (1) appears on any of the <br />registries listed in 5(d) above; (2) has been convicted of a felony involving any form of <br />assault, a firearm or other weapon, or sexual assault or misconduct; (3) has been <br />convicted of any other felony unless more than 10 years have passed since the date of <br />conviction or release from confinement, whichever is later; (4) has been convicted of any <br />misdemeanor involving any form of assault or sexual assault or misconduct; or (5) has <br />been convicted of any crime indicating that the worker may pose a threat to the safety or <br />well -being of County employees, guests, customers, or invitees, unless more than 7 <br />years have passed since the date of conviction or release from confinement, whichever <br />is later. Notwithstanding the foregoing, RENA may allow nonviolent juvenile <br />misdemeanants required to perform community service by a court of law or other state <br />mandated program to volunteer at the Center. <br />(f) Temporary Volunteers, while on Center premises, shall not have any unsupervised <br />contact with minor children. Temporary Volunteers who have contact with minor children <br />shall be supervised at all times by an Employee or Regular Volunteer. <br />6. Observation and Documentation <br />County staff may observe, photograph, videotape, or audiotape any RENA volunteers or <br />employees, County employees, guests, customers, or invitees. The County will give RENA at <br />least 48 hours' notice before observing, photographing, videotaping, or audiotaping under this <br />4 <br />