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Local
Workforce Investment Board (LWIB) and Plan Development Process
I.A.
Describe the 1) composition of, 2) appointment process for,
3) "conflict of interest" circumstances, and 4) intended waiver
process (if any) to be pursued by the LWIB.
I.A.1. Provide the Composition of the LWIB. Include as an attachment
to your plan, your certified LWIB roster, including the identification
of the Board Chair.
Pima County elected to transition the Private Industry Council
to a Workforce Investment Board. As of November 30, 1999, the
County's WIB is composed of 51 members. Twenty-six (26) persons
are from the private sector.
The Chair is Steven Juliver.
Attachment A: Certified Board
Roster
I.A.2. Describe the Process used to establish the Board in
the local area, including the local nominations procedures used.
During the spring and summer of 1999, the "old" Private Industry
Council conducted a retreat and several follow-up meetings to
develop an overall framework to help transition to the new WIB.
At this time, it was decided to actively seek a broad representation
in developing the new Board, regardless of the eventual Board
size. The "old" board identified potential One Stop contacts,
and emphasized the need to actively recruit members from local
industry clusters.
After Pima County was designated as a Workforce Investment Area
in June, recommendations from the old Board were forwarded to
the Chairperson of the Pima County Board of Supervisors, who
began soliciting solicited nominations from businesses, One
Stop partners, labor, and other organizations referenced in
WIA 117(b)(2). The Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and
the Greater Tucson Economic Council actively encouraged business
members to apply for representation on the Board. County Board
members discussed the WIB and its importance with key potential
WIB members. County staff followed up with letters to interested
members. Members who were finally selected were sent packets
from the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors that included information
about open meeting laws.
A preliminary list was submitted to the Governor for review
in July, 1999. Based on discussions with the State, revisions
to the list were made and approved by the Tucson City Council
in August, 1999, the Pima County Board of Supervisors in September,
and forwarded to the Governor in September.
I.A.3. Identify the circumstances which constitute a "Conflict
of Interest" for any LWIB member.
All Board members are expected to contribute their knowledge
and expertise to policy formulation. A member shall excuse him/her
self from discussion that is expected to lead to a vote of specific
action items from the posted agenda that may impact the provision
of services by such member (or by an entity that the member
represents) or that would provide direct financial aid to such
member or the immediate family of such member.
A "substantial" conflict of interest is defined indirectly in
Arizona law as any pecuniary or proprietary interest other than
those which are remote. A "remote" conflict of interest is too
minor to constitute an illegal conflict of interest. For example,
many businesses may benefit from on-the job training or customized
training agreements. All members can discuss and vote on policy
decisions for these tools, while the actual development and
signing of agreements is delegated to staff.
The
term family means two or more persons related by blood, marriage,
or decree of court, who are living in a single residence, and
are included in one or more of the following categories: husband,
wife and dependent children; parent of guardian and dependent
children; husband and wife; as well as brothers, sisters, parents,
or children living outside the household.
I.A.4. Describe the intended Waiver Process (if any) to be
used by the LWIB, using the criteria by which the State will
determine if LWIBs can run programs in-house.
Because Pima County was a first year State of Arizona One Stop
site, it is eligible to be a One Stop operator under the "grandfather"
clause. The County will not operate training programs under
WIA.
I.B.
Describe the process to ensure Public Comment on and input into
the development of the WIA Preliminary Plan. Include a description
of specific steps taken to include input from members of the
LWIB and members of businesses and labor organizations.
In October 1997, the Private Industry Council (currently known
as the Workforce Investment Board), the City of Tucson, Pima
County and Pima Community College collaborated on a community
planning charrette about workforce development in Pima County.
PCC Chancellor Robert Jensen promoted the charette, while an
increasingly tight labor market, employer demands for a more
competent local workforce, and a perceived need for more comprehensive
workforce planning provided the stimulus for the charette. At
the request of the 100 plus charette participants, the Pima
County Private Industry Council agreed to expand its JTPA federally
mandated role to lead a more comprehensive community workforce
planning effort. The PIC appointed a committee, chaired by Mr.
Ray Clarke of the Tucson Urban League and composed of private
and public-sector executives, to help determine subsequent action.
Chancellor Jensen volunteered staff to collect and organize
local labor market data to contribute to research efforts. These
events led to the formation of a working group committee chaired
by Dr. Phil Silvers of Pima Community College and consisting
of representatives from the City, County, Greater Tucson Economic
Council, Pima Community College and local school districts.
In October 1998, the working group published a first draft of
the workforce development report. This draft focused on three
data bases related to local workforce development. These are:
(1) the identification of target workforce populations and their
characteristics in Pima County; (2) the key occupations and
trends of the Pima County labor market; and (3) an inventory
of current training programs and curricula in Pima County. The
full draft report appears on the Pima County web site at http://www.csd.co.pima.az.us/.
The initial draft was presented to the Private Industry Council,
Tucson City Council, Pima County Board of Supervisors, the Greater
Tucson Economic Council, Chamber of Commerce, several Rotary
Clubs, and other business groups.
Following publication of the initial report, the Workforce Investment
Board assumed the primary responsibility for staffing and supervising
the analysis and development of a final report. The working
group was expanded to include additional community representation,
and the draft plan was added to the Pima County Community Services
Department Workforce Development web site.
The working group met twice monthly between February and July,
1999. The group determined that it needed additional information
about four different populations and their relationship to the
workforce. Those populations were: youth, the disabled, the
illiterate and semi-literate, and older workers. County staff
arranged for presentations from local experts in these areas.
In July, 1999 the County received the State's timetable for
development of the local Workforce Investment Act Plan and began
writing a plan targeted at WIA required plan elements. County
WIB and staff attended the State's planning institute in September.
At the first meeting of the new WIB on October 8, 1999, a Committee
was formed to develop the plan. The Committee met on October
18 and October 27. and a draft of the plan was issued October
28, 1999. A legal notice of the plan was published on November
2 and press releases were sent to local daily newspapers. Copies
were sent to members of Tucson's City Council and the Pima County
Board of Supervisors. The draft was placed on the website of
Pima County Community Services (http://www.csd.co.pima.az.us/)
and a physical copy was placed 32 N. Stone, 16th Floor, in Tucson
as well as the six centers in the County's One Stop system.
The Workforce Board held a public hearing on November 16 which
was attended by more than 30 persons. A transcript of that hearing
is being forwarded to the Governor and is available for review
at 32 N. Stone.
The
plan was also presented to the Metropolitan Education Commission
and the Arizona Consortium for Employment and Training.
The draft plan and the November 30 plan do not have completed
MOUs, a Performance Standard section, and Youth section.
At its November 19 meeting the Board approved the draft plan
with changes based on public input. The Board also reserves
the right to amend the plan based on changing local needs.
I.C.
Describe how comments were considered in the plan development
process. Include as an attachment to your plan any comments
that express disagreement with the plan.
The official public input period was November 1 to November
30. The plan was not changed from October 28 to November 30
so that persons reviewing the plan could comment on the "same"
plan.
A number of substantive changes were made to the draft as a
result of the public input process. Some input was received
informally, some was received from State staff, and some was
received from the public hearing and other presentations. Comments
from the public hearing of November 16 are attached.
In Chapter II, a third objective was added to Pima County objectives
under State Goal 4.
In
Chapter IV, a list of the One Stop partners was added.
Several changes were made in Chapter VI. First, a discussion
was added that attempts to quantify the universe of persons
who could be served under the Adult program. A similar exercise
will be conducted when the Youth plan is submitted in February.
Also in Chapter VI, a list of partners was added, as well as
a general discussion about core services and partners. In addition,
the progress from core to intensive to training services was
clarified, as well as the seven performance standards that training
providers must report on were added. The ITA information interview
process was reworded to allow for special client circumstances.
Finally in Chapter VI, additional information about exceptions
to the ITA was added, including displaced homemakers, as was
information about incumbent worker training.
Some comments requested the plan to specify specific activities
for targeted populations, or the percent of clients to be targeted
or percent of funds to be targeted at special populations such
as older workers. The plan only establishes a priority system
based on federal, state and local input. Specific population
targets and/or special projects targeted at special populations
may be determined to be appropriate by the Board.
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