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C. 12

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	August 11, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Appointments to the Workforce Development Board

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/11/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Dennis Bozanich; 925.335.1037

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 11, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

RECOMMEND the Board of Supervisor appoint local Workforce Development Board (WDB) candidates for vacant Board seats as approved by the Emergency WDB Executive Committee meeting on June 24, 2020 and the Family & Human Services Committee on July 27, 2020. Both seats have terms from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2024.

Jose Carrascal - Workforce Business Seat #6

RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)

Monica Magee - Workforce Business Seat #12

FISCAL IMPACT:

BACKGROUND:

The WDB Executive Committee, on June 10, 2020, recommends Board of Supervisors appoint the following individuals to the respected seats for terms that begin July 1, 2020 and expire on June 30, 2024:

Jose Carrascal - Workforce Business Seat #6; and
Monica Magee - Workforce Business Seat #12.
No other candidate competed for the Workforce Business Seat #6 or #12.

The Family & Human Services Committee approved referring these appointments to the Board of Supervisors at its meeting on July 27, 2020.

On December 13, 2011, The Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 2011/498 adopting policy governing appointments to independent boards, committees, and commissions, and special districts. Included in this resolution was a requirement that independent bodies initially conducting interviews for At Large/Countywide seats provide appointment recommendations to a Board Committee for further review. The Workforce Development Board implements federal requirements for programs to address the education, skills, and employment needs for a skilled workforce, and that lead to an increase in the skills and earnings of Contra Costa residents.

On March 14, 2016, the Family and Human Services Committee (FHS) accepted the Employment and Human Services Department's recommendation to decertify the then-current Workforce Investment Act local Board and re-certify a new board structure in compliance with the new Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). FHS approved these recommendations, and the Board did the same at its March 29, 2016 meeting.

Under new standards in WIOA (2016) and as adopted by the Board on March 29, 2016, the new Workforce Development Board structure is: a total of 23 required seats and 2 "optional seats", consisting of: 13 Business representatives, 5 Workforce representatives, and 5 Education and Training representatives as follows: (1) Adult Education/Literacy; (2) Higher Education; (3) Economic & Community Development; (4) Wagner Peyser representative; (5) Vocational Rehabilitation. Also two additional/ "optional" seats that may be filled from any of the 3 categories above.

The Executive Committee of the local WIOA board met January 21, 2016 and approved a recommended WIOA Board configuration, subsequently approved by the Board of Supervisors on March 29, 2016.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: