WDB Executive Committee
March 10, 2010
103 Rich Hall
Minutes

‘The Executive Committee shall review, approve and take action as appropriate with regard to the WIA program; review, approve and take action as appropriate with regards to its finances, recommend designation of One Stop System Operator, foster communication and coordination between committees, revise the by-laws, as required, evaluate committee and CEO performance, oversee public relations for the Board, and other responsibilities as designated by the Board.’

Present: Connie Smith, Dave Vickery, Michael Treadwell, Kathy Fenlon and Don Unger.

Also Present: Nancy Bellow, Nick Della Penna, Dawn Holynski, Chris Weaver and Karen Familo

Dave Vickery called the meeting to order.

1. Approval of the December 2, 2009 minutes.

A motion was made by Connie Smith and seconded by Don Unger to approve the minutes. The motion was carried.

2. Financial Report: Connie Smith reported the income and expense report for July 1, 2009 through February 2010.

A motion was made by Kathy Fenlon and seconded by Mike Treadwell to approve the financial reports as presented. The motion was carried.

3. Committee Issues:

Performance/Spending – Performance: Chris Weaver reported that all nine measures are being met for the period of July 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009 and expect that to continue to year end. There was a request to negotiate three performance/system improvement measures:

• Dislocated Worker average earnings – request denied as our performance was strong.
• Reduce the number of Exiters receiving unemployment insurance – state rescinded offer to negotiate this measure.
• Training/Assessment measure – awaiting a response from New York State.

Spending: Chris Weaver reported on the program funding for period 7/1/09 through 6/30/10 that includes real time data as of 2/22/10 versus quarterly data. All goals have either been met or money obligated except for the administration category. It is expected that all will be met by the end of the program year.

Stimulus Funding: - Chris updated the committee on the following areas:

ARRA Adult Program:

Ø Funding has been 100% committed through June 30, 2010.

Ø 65 individuals were served in classroom (ITA) training.

Ø 12 individuals were served in the On-the-Job training program

Ø 9 individuals were served in Customized Training at Novelis.

ARRA Dislocated Worker Program:

Ø Approximately 90% of funding has been committed through June 30, 2010.

Ø 72 individuals have been served in classroom (ITA) training.

Ø 6 individuals have been served in the On-the-Job Training Program

ARRA Youth Program:

Ø Approximately 95% of funding has been committed through June 30, 2010.

Ø 284 youth have been served in the summer work program.

Ø 12 youth have been served in the year-round work experience program

One-Stop Center Update: Chris Weaver updated the committee on One-Stop Center activities. 4,456 individuals have been served in the second quarter. 2,214 of these individuals are new registrants. 58% are on unemployment insurance and 652 have been enrolled in training.

SMART technology continues to be used with the One-Stop customers.

Program Year 2009 Performance Measures were released in October 2009. The nine common measures remain the same. NYS reduced and modified the system improvement indicators.

Contracts for computer classes have been extend through 6/11/10 using Incentive Grant Funding.

The Wage Subsidy program was implemented. Twelve individuals have been placed in the first four months.

A contract for an OTDA Green Grant was received. The first placement is starting the week of March 8, 2010. Additional placements are anticipated with the Fulton Community Development Agency, one at Great Lakes Recycling, one at Wares of Wood and Home Pro Hero.

Plans to promote both the Green Grant and the Wage Subsidy program are in development.

New legislators toured the One-Stop on February 16, 2010. The Public Broadcast System did a special on the One-Stop Center on February 18, 2010 and Channel 3 did a special on March 10^.

Chris reported on the projections for the budget for program year 2011. There will be a reduction in funding of $181,721. Chris showed the committee the areas of reduced funding and how much. Alternative sources for the reduced funding need to be found. Kathy Fenlon suggested Fran Lanigan ask the County for additional funds.

4. Director’s Report – Nancy Bellow reported on what she learned from the NAWB convention she and Dave Vickery attended on March 7 through 9, 2010 in Washington, DC.

Nancy is looking to recruit new board members in the hospitality/leisure category.

Meeting format changes are under consideration. It is felt that board members could give a two-minute update or explanation of their business.

Later this spring or summer, Nancy would like the board to take a look at the strategic plan on the four industry clusters.

Nancy mentioned she would like the board to do a self-assessment.

5. Associate Director – Nick Della Penna gave an overview of the proposed goals for the Balanced Scorecard.

Nick reported that there was no monitoring report this quarter.

Nick updated the committee regarding the Career Ladder Map. He reported that salary information has been updated on the website. An email went out to school superintendents to remind students to visit the website. The question remains…how to get parents aware of the website.

The New York State Department of Labor one-year plan modification has been approved.

6. The next meeting is scheduled for June 9, 2010.