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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2006 TITLE: APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT - AGREEMENT WITH O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES FOR A RAPID RESPONSE RETENTION STUDY ~ .. L CIT ANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ^ As Recommended ^ As Amended ^ Ordinance on 151 Reading ^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading ^ Implementing Resolution ^ Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Approve an Appropriation Adjustment recognizing additional revenues of $172,088 in Workforce Investment Act Rapid Response funds from the State of California for Rapid Response activities. 2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with O'Reilly & Associates in an amount not to exceed $50,000 to complete the second phase of the Rapid Response Retention Study for the Santa Ana WORK Center. DISCUSSION The State of California has recently announced the funding for the Rapid Response program for Fiscal Year 2006-07. The total amount to be awarded is $272,088. A planning figure of $100,000 was approved by the City Council in the City's 2006-07 budget for Rapid Response. This appropriation adjustment will increase the budget for Rapid Response to the actual approved amount of $272,088. On November 7, 2005, the Santa Ana WORK Center issued a Request for Proposals to procure a rapid response retention study funded by the Rapid Response Grant program. The role of Rapid Response is to assist workers to quickly return to productive positions in the workforce and assist employers to explore alternatives to staffing reductions through human resource solutions. On June 30, 2006, O'Reilly & Associates completed the development of an early warning system to identify companies who would benefit the most from the program. O'Reilly & Associates will assist the WORK Center in implementing strategies identified during the first phase of the study including 20E-1