Capital Area Workforce Development Board Meeting Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014 Location: NC Rural Economic Development Center Minutes Prepared by: Sharon Taybron 1.
Board Members Present (16): Bruce Clarke - Capital Associate Industries Scott Hadley - NAI Carolantic Realty Brian Holland - Global Knowledge Training LLC David Johnson - Johnston Community College Heidi Kimbel - Caterpillar, Inc. Howard Manning - Dorcas Ministries Tony Marshall - Innovative Systems Group Stephen Miller - Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. Samuel Strickland - Wake Technical Community College Renee Taylor - NC Division of Workforce Solutions Tom White - North Carolina State University Ross Yeager - Wake County Cindy Chunn - Manpower Joy Frankoff - Wake County Public Schools Valerie Sachariat - Time Warner Cable Lydia Walton - The Hales Group Staff Present (6): Pat Sturdivant, Executive Director Alfreda Barnett, Contract Manager Sharon Taybron, Executive Assistant Susan Jablonski, Accountability Specialist Jane Sterner, One-Stop Manager Jessica Miller, Youth Program Specialist Guests Present (9): Sara Carter - Educational Data Systems, Inc. Terry Kaufman - Educational Data Systems, Inc. Ray Eibel - Educational Data Systems, Inc. Patrice Bayyan - ResCare Workforce Services Cindy Waite - Accentuate Staffing Shawn Scott - ODLE Management NC Jobs Corp Taylor Kirks - Johnston County Industries Susan Oney - Educational Data Systems, Inc. Andrea Moore - Community Partnerships, Inc. 2.
Item Discussion Actions What When Who 1. Call to Order Bruce Clarke welcomed everybody and called the meeting to order. - Sharon Taybron was introduced as the new Executive Assistant for the Capital Area Workforce Development Board. 2. Previous Minutes There were no additions or corrections to the minutes from the March 6, 2014 Board meeting. The minutes were approved as written. 3. Board Officers The bylaws require that we select new board officers at the end of each term. The officers elected in terms will start July 1, 2014 and end June 30, 2016. Samuel Strickland proposed the recommendation from the nominating committee to reappoint Susan Jackson as Chair, Bruce Clarke as Vice Chair and Samuel Strickland as secretary. The committee considered several things when trying to determine the slate to present. The first being the federal requirement that the chair and vice chair are both from the private sector. The committee also considered the state and local changes that have taken place around workforce development and potential federal changes and felt it best that our experienced leaders remain in place The motion was made by Tom White to reappoint Susan as Chair, Bruce as Vice Chair and to appoint Samuel as secretary. Ross Yeager seconded the motion. The recommendation was approved by the board unanimously. Bylaw change Bruce asked everyone to refer to the bylaw change recommendation that was emailed to the board on June 12, 2014. Bruce asked if there were any questions or concerns about the proposed amendment. There were no comments or questions. Upon approval, the amended CAWDB bylaws, Article IV: Section 6 will read: 3.
The executive committee shall consist of the chairman, vice chairman, secretary (from a sector other than private), chairs of board committees and the previous chair or vice chair. Samuel Strickland made a motion to amend the bylaws. Renee Taylor seconded that motion. The board approved the amendment to the bylaws unanimously. 4. Board Retreat Follow-up Overall Satisfaction Everyone thought the retreat was effective and liked the fact that board members actually facilitated the retreat this year. A copy of the retreat report was included in the members packets. Bruce asked if there were any additional comments or feedback about the retreat. Members commented that the pre-work was critical for the board retreat, and that having board members lead the retreat discussions was valuable and contributed to the success of the retreat. Board Issues The three top issues from the board retreat will be used to plan and to drive board work over the next year as well as determine committee structures. The first two issues, skills gap and communication were unanimously agreed upon but issue three required additional clarity and streamlining. The consensus of the board was that a model board is created by its actions. All agreed that the primary issue was that the board lacked a score card. The consensus of the group was that committee three would work on creating a score card; however, the group would need to consider lack of efficiency as well as looking at existing processes to determine what we do well and where we need improvement. The board agreed on the following standing committees effective July 1, 2014: 1. Strategic Communication 2. Skills Gap 3. Score Card 4.
4. Youth Council Sharon will follow-up with an email asking board members to identify their committee preferences in ranking order. Susan will appoint all members to a committee, based on the ranking preference as much as possible. Susan will appoint committee chairs as well as appoint a chair for the youth council. Send email to the board asking for each member s committee preference June 27, 2014 Sharon Proposed Meeting Schedule Bruce introduced the proposed meeting schedule. The new schedule will allow committees the time needed to address lofty issues and spend time developing strategies that support our system resolving the issues. Select preferred committee To be determined Board Proposed Meeting Schedule: Board meetings-one each quarter Executive committee meetings-one each quarter Committee meetings-twice each quarter To accommodate the frequency of meetings, committees have the option and flexibility to meet via conference call. 5. Youth Contract Recommendations The proposed meeting schedule was accepted by the board and will be implemented effective July, 1, 2014. The RFP cycle for the youth service providers is in its last year. Bruce reminded everyone that the recommendations were emailed prior to the board meeting. The floor was opened for comments or questions about the youth contracts recommendation. There were no comments or questions. Samuel Strickland made the motion to extend the contracts of Johnston Community Industries (JCI), Educational Data Systems Inc. (EDSI), and Community Partnerships Inc. (CPI). Brian Holland seconded the motion. The board approved to extend the youth contracts of JCI, EDSI, and CPI unanimously. 5.
6. Committee Updates Youth Council One-Stop System Committee 6.
Business Alliance Committee 7. Director s Update Career Centers Wake County The lease was signed in June between our contractor, ResCare Workforce Services, and the landlord of our new level 1 center located at Tillery Place. Our one-stop staff starts to move in on July 21st with a soft opening scheduled for Aug. 4. A grand opening will be held in September. Johnston County Our location in Johnston County did not work out and we are still trying to locate a site. In the meantime, ResCare staff for Johnston County will be sharing space with DWS. Center Certification The CAWDB level II career center was certified by the NC Workforce Development Commission in early June. The application was submitted for our level I center and three applications for level II centers will be submitted by the June 30 required date. Our level I center in Johnston County will be submitted by the second week in July. An extension was requested because of our site location issues. 7.
Workforce Opportunity Investment Act (WOIA) On Wednesday afternoon, June 25, 2014 the Senate debated and approved the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). WIOA represents a compromise between the SKILLS Act (H.R. 803), which passed the House of Representatives in March 2013 and the Workforce Investment Act of 2013 (S. 1356), which passed through the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee with a bipartisan vote of 18-3 in July of 2013. Some of the impacts of the new bill: Retains the 15 percent WIA state allocation authorization; Retains and improves the Wagner-Peyser Act; Streamlines or eliminates existing programs, such as the Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF); Restructures the Workforce Information Council (WIC); (planning and overseeing the workforce information system at federal and state level) Reduces the number of required members on state and local workforce boards; Repeals the sequence of services provision; and Applies common performance measures to all federal workforce programs. This bill is supported by local and national workforce boards as positive changes to our system. On last week, Pat sent letters to our NC senators requesting their support of this bill. Year End Report Quick highlights Hiring Events Capital Area Workforce Centers hosted 152 targeted hiring fairs for employers in Wake and Johnston counties between July 1, 2013 and June 15, 2014 resulting in 394 new hires. The salary range for both Wake and Johnston Counties was between $7.25-$31.25. 8.
Major Industries Represented IT/Engineering Healthcare Professional services Manufacturing Construction Transportation Service Industry (retail and food) Government The number of NCWORKS registrations was 22,932. Therefore, over 22,000 citizens have registered in the Capital Area. However, some citizens returned for services on more than one occasion for a total of 65, 943 visits to our career centers. There were approximately 1081 job seekers that entered employment. Pat identified the challenges related to getting accurate data for reporting. For example, the 22,000 includes registrations that were done virtually as well as those that entered the center. Staff is working with the state to determine if we can track separately. She also raised a concern about the number of jobseekers gaining employment compared to the number of folks registered in the system. One of the challenges highlighted is the fact that a lot of time, the centers loose contact with jobseekers once they get a job. Incumbent Workforce Grants Twenty one companies were awarded $327,466 to train 659 current employees. 8. Public Participation There was no public participation. 9. Adjourn Meeting Adjourned: 10:09 am 9.