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Appointments to WorkNet Pinellas d/b/a CareerSource Pinellas Board of Directors (Board of County Commissioners as a whole).
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Recommended Action:
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Consider appointments to WorkNet Pinellas d/b/a CareerSource Pinellas Board of Directors, with two year terms.
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Background Information:
WorkNet Pinellas d/b/a CareerSource Pinellas (CSPin) is governed by a Board of Directors. All positions are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners (BCC). CSPin is approved for up to 45 members, and complies with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA). These applications have been reviewed by Pinellas County Department of Economic Development.
All of these applicants are filling unexpired terms. The BCC needs to decide when the terms will end. The options are:
a) Appointments effective July 1, 2018, and terminate June 30, 2020. These members will not be voting members at the CSPin June 20th Board Meeting.
b) Appointments effective immediately, and terminate half of the appointments June 30, 2018, and remainder terminate June 30, 2019. Half will need to be reappointed in June 2018.
The local board must include representatives from four categories:
1) Business: owners or executives of firms providing employment opportunities in in-demand industry sectors or occupations in Pinellas County.
2) Workforce: representatives of labor organizations, apprenticeship programs, or community-based organizations who assist individuals with barriers to employment or out-of-school youth.
3) Education and Training: providers of adult education and literacy under Title II, community colleges, and local educational agencies and community-based organizations providing education or training to individuals with barriers to employment.
4) Government, Economic and Community Development: including representatives of entities serving the local area relating to transportation, housing, and public assistance; or philanthropic organizations serving the local area.
5) Other: Federal statutes allow the appointment of “other appropriate individuals as determined by the chief elected official”.
The local workforce development board has the following responsibilities:
a) Develop, submit, ratify, or amend the local workforce development plan,
b) Provide ongoing oversight related to administrative costs, duplicated services, career counseling, economic development, equal access, compliance and accountability, and performance outcomes,
c) Oversee the one-stop delivery system in its local area, and
d) Designate all local service providers.
Local board membership requirements, applications, a determination of eligibility, current board roster & ballots are attached.
Attachments:
Local Board Membership Requirements
WorkNet applications
Current CSPin Board Roster
Applicant Worksheet/Ballot
Letters of support