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Home My WebLink AboutRes 102 - Workforce Investment Area DesignationDeschutes County Board of Commissioners 1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200, Bend, OR 97701-1960 (541) 388-6570 -Fax (541) 385-3202 -www.deschutes.org AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT For Board Business Meeting of Wednesday, June 25, 2014 DATE: June 18,2014 FROM: Erik Kropp Department: AdminIBOCC Phone #6584 TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM: Consideration of Board Signature of Resolution No. 2014-102, Authorizing County Administrator and Commissioner Unger to sign the Local Workforce Investment Area Designation Request Form. PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? No BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS: Request to Realign the Local Workforce Investment Area. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None. RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED: Approve Resolution No. 2014-102, authorizing County Administrator and Commissioner Unger to sign the Local Workforce Investment Area Designation Request Form. ATTENDANCE: Commissioner Unger DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS: Return to Erik Kropp for processing. PAGE 1 OF 2 – RESOLUTION NO. 2014-102 For Recording Stamp Only BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON A Resolution Supporting the Designation of a New Local Workforce Investment Area, Including Deschutes, Klamath, Lake, Crook, Jefferson, Wheeler, Wasco, Sherman, Hood River, and Gilliam Counties * * * * RESOLUTION NO. 2014-102 WHEREAS, The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) includes the requirement that the Governor must designate local workforce investment areas in order for the State to receive funding under Title I of WIA; and WHEREAS, Governor Kitzhaber through Executive Order 13-08 is initiating a process that will re- charter Oregon's State and Local Workforce Investment Boards to reduce fragmentation and align federal and state programs to better serve Oregon's Job seekers and businesses; and, WHEREAS, by June 30, 2015 Local Workforce Investment Boards will be re-chartered to: (a) Better direct public workforce investments at the state and local level for talent development, job creation, income progression, business competitiveness, Integrated service delivery and expanded opportunities for citizen prosperity; (b) Use labor market intelligence to better align economic development, education and training, and workforce development investments and services for job seekers and businesses to efficiently address local labor market needs and statewide priorities; (c) Expand private-public partnerships with an integrated workforce system to better meet the needs of communities and create solutions to address tomorrow's workforce challenges; (d) Partner with the Governor's regional Solutions Committees to identify and leverage opportunities to expand job creation and incent job growth; and (e) Be accountable for workforce system outcomes. WHEREAS, Deschutes County desires to form a Local Workforce Investment Board with Klamath, Lake, Crook, Jefferson, Wheeler, Wasco, Sherman, Hood River, and Gilliam to better meet the local workforce needs and demands. REVIEWED ______________ LEGAL COUNSEL PAGE 2 OF 2 – RESOLUTION NO. 2014-102 NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DESCHUTES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: 1) To support and participate in the new Local Workforce Investment Board: and 2) To file a Local Workforce Investment Area designation request form with the Governor's office no later than July 8, 2014. Dated this _____ day of June, 2014. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON _____________________________________________ TAMMY BANEY, Chair _________________________________________ ANTHONY DEBONE, Vice Chair ATTEST: ______________________________ Recording Secretary _________________________________________ ALAN UNGER, Commissioner !a Local Workforce Investment Area Designation Request Form WORKSOURCE OREGON Instructions: Use this form to request a new Local Workforce Investment Area (LWIA) in Oregon. Please use one form for per new LWIA request, and complete all fields. Please provide the signature of at least one chief local elected official from each of the counties to be included in the new area, or attach a resolution passed by the county in support of this action. If no resolution has yet been passed by a county, please indicate the date by which such a resolution is anticipated. A completed physical copy or a scanned copy that includes the signatures of chief local elected official from each county must be submitted to: Education & Workforce Policy clo GOVERNOR'S OFFICE 900 Court Street NE, Suite 160 Salem, OR 97301 Attn: Workforce Policy Advisor Requested new Local Workforce Investment Area Boundaries: Deschutes, Klamath, Lake, Crook, Jefferson, Wheeler, Wasco, Sherman, Hood River, and Gilliam Counties I Please explain how the requested change meets each of the following federal criteria: 1. How will the proposed geographic area be served by local educational agencies and intermediate educational agenCies? __________are served by local school districts that provide education services as required by state and federal requirements. The County districts are served by _______________________ County districts. 2. How will the proposed geographic area served by postsecondary educational institutions and area vocational education schools. _______ is served by with a full complement of college transfer, certificate programs, and distance learning. Counties are served by _________'. with campuses in offers college transfer and certificate programs and also partners with four year institutions for distance leaming. 3. How is the new area consistent with labor market areas to the extent that is possible? All counties share similar challenges with job creation and retention, and workforce development. All have a predominately aging demographic with a deficit of individuals ready to move into the workforce within the next 10years. E Local Workforce Investment Area Designation Request Form WORKSOURCE OREGON 4. How far will individuals need to travel to receive workforce services provided in proposed local area (How far must individuals travel to local WorkSource Sites). ______ County currently provides workforce services throughout the county and has offices in currently provides workforce services in 5. How does the proposed area increase alignment with economic development districts and regional solutions areas? proposed area exactly coincides with Economic Development District and the Solutions Area. 6. Are the proposed boundaries of the local area contiguous? ______ counties are contiguous, counties are contiguous. 7. Please provide a brief description as to why you believe the requested change will be more effective or efficient, or produce better performance results for customers than the existing LWIA structure. _______ share many common challenges with geography, demographics, politics, and workforce. We are already aligned in many ways. The existing LWIA structure includes many counties that share very little commonality with our issues. At least one chief local elected official from each county within the proposed area must sign this form or submit a resolution in order to be considered. I I I I I Signature of Chief Local Elected Official(s): Title: County Date: County Administrator Tom Anderson Deschutes County County Commissioner Alan Unger Deschutes County Resolution Attached Date: June 18,2014 To: Board of County Commissioners From: Erik Kropp, Deputy County Administrator W Re: Local Workforce Investment Area Boundaries Commissioner Alan Unger serves on the Oregon Workforce Investment Board (OWIB). OWIB is the overall advisory board to the Governor on workforce matters and is made up of leaders representing private sector businesses, labor, state, local governments, and government agencies. To carry out the work ofOWlB, the State of Oregon is divided up into Local Workforce Investment Areas (L WIA). Commissioner Unger also represents Deschutes County on the Oregon Consortium, the Local Workfoce Investment Area that includes Deschutes County. The Oregon Consortium includes twenty-four counties located throughout Central and Eastern Oregon, as well as parts of Southwest Oregon. Governor Kitzhaber, through Executive Order 13-08, initiated a process to evaluate the L WlA boundaries. In order to reduce fragmentation and align federal and state programs to better serve Oregon's job seekers and businesses, OWlB is considering changing the boundaries for the Local Workfoce Investment Areas. At the Board of County Commissioner's June 23 rd Work Session, Commissioner Unger would like to discuss a proposal for Deschutes County to join a new Local Workforce Investment Board with the following counties: Klamath, Lake, Crook, Jefferson, Wheeler, Wasco, Sherman, Hood River, and Gilliam. At the request of Commissioner Unger, staff has drafted a resolution for Deschutes County to participate in this new Local Workforce Investment Board and file a Local Workforce Investment Areas designation request with the Governor's Office. This resolution will come before the Board ofCommissioners for consideration at its June 25 th Business Meeting. c: Tom Anderson, County Administrator Bonnie Baker, Executive Secretary Sharon Ross, BOCC Administrative Assistant