Council approves Guardian Alliance agreement for police prescreening

The Green River City Council approved an agreement with Guardian Alliance Technologies to provide prescreening services used in background investigations for police hires. City staff said the department's previous vendor is going out of business and the city sought a replacement; the proposed contract was presented to the council for approval and passed by voice vote.

"The company that we've used for a long, long time is going to go out of business pretty soon," the presenting official (speaker S10) said. "We found Guardian Alliance Technologies. We like their product and, like everybody else, they have an agreement to sign before we can start using their stuff. So just looking for approval of that agreement."

Councilman Williams (speaker S11) moved to approve the agreement; a colleague seconded and the motion carried after a voice vote. Staff did not provide financial terms in the excerpt recorded in the transcript; the chief indicated the approval was required to begin using the new vendor's prescreening tools.

The council's action authorizes the police department to begin contracting with Guardian Alliance Technologies; any implementation details such as start date and data-handling procedures will be managed by department staff and returned to the council if additional approvals are required.