Committees
 
Board Development
The Board Development committee shall ensure effective board processes, structures
and roles, including retreat planning, committee development and board evaluation.
The committee shall be responsible for but not limited to the following:

• Recruitment of a pool of nominees from which the Chief Local Elected Officials
  may appoint new members to the SIWIB
• Development and recommendation of agendas for meetings, conferences,
  seminars and workshops sponsored by and or conducted by the SIWIB
• Recommendation of Board enrichment and development activities and training
  to include meetings, conferences, seminars, workshops and orientation materials
  for the SIWIB members
  

The Board Development committee meets quarterly each year.
 
Committee Members
Bill Armstrong
Wayne Bigham
Angela Holmes
Kathy Lively
Milton Maxwell – Chair
John Rendleman
TBD – Vice Chair
Tammy Kirk – Staff Support

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• Board Member Information
• Partner Agencies
• Youth Council

Business & Economic Development
The Business and Economic Development Committee will:

• Assess local economic conditions, labor market problems and opportunities, and economic development priorities, e.g. targets/goals: attractions, retentions, expansions;
• Seek advice and verify data from businesses to determine needs and wants and identify problems and potential solutions;
• Recommend One-Stop System, Center and program policies;
• Develop a list of current business services and identify new services and products to respond to the local labor market;
• Identify and recruit local business and economic development partners to expand, enhance and improve local business services and programs.

The Business & Economic Development committee usually meets at 4:30 p.m. bi-monthly on selected Thursdays.
 
Committee Members
William Armstrong – Vice Chair
Mary Ellen Bechtel
Rodney Cabaness – Chair
Dwayne Coffee
Rex Cusumano
Tony Gualdoni
Terance Henry
Mike Jones
Cary Minnis
Bruce Morgenstern
John Otey
Paul Prendergast
Michele Rheinecker
Gail West
Roxanne Brewer-Coffey – Staff Support

Executive Committee
The Executive Committee shall consist of officers of the SIWIB if voting SIWIB members, the chairperson of the standing committees, the chairperson of the Youth Council and other voting SIWIB members as deemed necessary by the Chairperson of the SIWIB. The majority of the Executive Committee shall be representatives of business. The Executive Committee shall meet as deemed necessary by the SIWIB Chairperson. The Executive Committee shall meet on matters of emergency and Board policy requiring immediate attention without the need to call a Special Meeting of the Board. The Executive Committee shall be used when it is not possible to have a quorum of the full board at Regular or Special Meetings of the Board.

The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the full SIWIB with the following exceptions:

• The Executive Committee shall not exercise the authority of the full SIWIB with respect to the election of officers, the adoption, repeal or amending of these By-laws, merger, consolidation or dissolution of the SIWIB.

The duties and responsibilities of the Executive Committee shall include but are not limited to the following:

• As deemed necessary by the SIWIB Chairperson, resolve conflicts regarding recommendations made by committee chairpersons to the full SIWIB;
• As deemed necessary by the SIWIB Chairperson, review and approve the agenda items prior to the full SIWIB meeting;
• As deemed necessary by the SIWIB Chairperson, review recommendations from the committees and the Youth Council to ensure they are in accordance with federal, state and local criteria in order to make recommendations to the full SIWIB for approval.
• Approve eligible providers of training services described in section 134(d)(4) in the local area, approve eligible providers of intensive services described in section 134(d)(3) in the local area, conduct oversight with respect to local programs of youth activities and local employment and training activities authorized under section 134 of WIA, and the one-stop delivery system in the local area;
• Approve local plan modifications; approve local policies and requests for proposals, grants, grant requests and contracts.
• Any action taken or initiated by the Executive Committee on behalf of the SIWIB shall require full disclosure to the SIWIB at the regularly scheduled meeting following said action.

Committee Members
Mary Roe – Chair
William Armstrong – 1st Vice Chair
John Alongi – 2nd Vice Chair
James McPhail – 3rd Vice Chair
Janice McConnaughy – 4th Vice Chair
Kathy Lively – Treasurer
Milton Maxwell – Parliamentarian
Alan Summers
Tyler Young
Tammy Kirk – Staff Support

One-Stop Committee
The One-Stop Committee shall be responsible for making recommendations to the SIWIB regarding but not limited to the following:

• Developing the memorandum of understanding described in Section 121 (c) of WIA, with one-stop partners;
• Developing a designation and certification process of one-stop operators in accordance with Section 121 (d) of WIA;
• Make recommendations to the SIWIB regarding the One-stop operator designee;
• Developing a monitoring procedure and conducting oversight with respect to the one-stop delivery system to include goals and objectives for the one-stop delivery system;
• Make recommendations to the SIWIB regarding the local performance measures to be negotiated between the SIWIB, CLEOs and the Governor;
• Make recommendations to the SIWIB regarding the development of the employment statistics system described in Section 117 (d)(4)(6).
  

The One-Stop committee usually meets at 8:00 a.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
 
Committee Members
Kay Fleming, Vice Chair
June Hickey
Joan Jablonski-Baxter
Debra Jackanicz
Kathy Livelyjohn Otey
Alan Summers – Chair
Lucinda Phoenix – Staff Support

WIA Policy & Planning Committee
The WIA Policy and Planning Committee is charged with the oversight and development of WIA Title I policy in regards to establishing programs and services to assist employers in meeting their hiring needs. This committee shall develop and make recommendations to the full board and CLEOs for approval regarding such policy.

• Recommend plan modifications or new plan submittals
  
• Negotiate local performance measures
• Review and modify supportive service policy
• Review and modify a self-sufficiency policy
• Monitor and provide oversight of WIA Title I programs
• Monitor achievement of performance standards and program outcomes
• Review and modify local customer grievance procedures
  
• Establish programs and services to assist employers in meeting their hiring needs by:
  • Identifying the appropriate assessment process and mix of core and intensive services
  • Identifying eligible providers of core, intensive and training services for adults and dislocated workers
  • Identifying training programs that will allow job seekers to select a training program that is directly linked to the employment opportunities either in the local area or in another area to which the individual is willing to relocate as identified by the Business and Economic Development Committee
  • Identifying training services that are directly linked to occupations that are in demand in the local area, or in another area to which an adult or dislocated worker receiving such services is willing to relocate as identified by the Business and Economic Development Committee, except that a local board may approve training services for occupations determined by the local board to be in sectors of the economy that have a high potential for sustained demand or growth in the local area
  • Develop follow-up and retention services
• Review and modify the competitive process used to award contracts for training services when exceptions are made to use ITAs
• Review and comment on WIA Legislation, DOL WIA Rules and Regulations, DECO State Plan
• Other matters that may be assigned by the chairman

The Wia Policy & Planning committee usually meets at 4:00 p.m. on the 4th Thursday
of each month.
 
Committee Members
John Alongi
Bill Armstrong
Wayne Bigham – Vice Chair
Janice McConnaughy
Jim McPhail
Mary Sullivan – Chair
Michelle Cerutti – Staff Support
Jean Ondo – Staff Support