Item 14 - Appoint New Board Members to the Workforce Development Board Representing Private Sector Business

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Community Development Agency https://www.santa-ana.org/cd Item # 14 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report March 16, 2021 TOPIC: Appoint New Board Members to the Workforce Development Board Representing Private Sector Business. AGENDA TITLE: Appoint Pierre Loubet and Daisy Campos for a partial term expiring May 31, 2022, Johanna Rivera for a partial term expiring May 31, 2023, and Doug Beaver and Bridget Kavanaugh for a partial term expiring May 31, 2024 to the Workforce Development Board representing Private Sector Business. RECOMMENDED ACTION Appoint Pierre Loubet and Daisy Campos for a partial term expiring May 31, 2022, Johanna Rivera for a partial term expiring May 31, 2023, and Doug Beaver and Bridget Kavanaugh for a partial term expiring May 31, 2024 to the Workforce Development Board representing private sector business. DISCUSSION Workforce Development Board Executive Committee Action At a Special Meeting held on March 1, 2021, by a vote of 5:0, the Executive Committee of the Workforce Development Board recommends City Council appoint Pierre Loubet, Daisy Campos, Johanna Rivera, Doug Beaver and Bridget Kavanaugh to the Workforce Development Board. On May 17, 2016, the Santa Ana City Council adopted Resolution 2016-031 establishing the Santa Ana Workforce Development Board (WDB) and appointed 25 members. In accordance with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Section 107(b)(2)(A-D) a local WDB board is to be comprised of representatives from specific categories and that the number of WDB members in the categories be proportional in different ways to the total membership while maintaining a greater than 50 percent representation from the business sector. WDB Board members are to be appointed by Council under the categories of membership, prescribed by law, as follows: Representatives from local businesses 13 members