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Council pauses WIA implementation as city attorney, workforce board debate liability and governance
Summary
Council members heard competing accounts of governance and liability for the upcoming Workforce Investment Act transition and agreed to continue the item one day so parties could finalize a Local Elected Officials (LEO)/WIB agreement.
The City Council on March 28 held a lengthy briefing on the city—s transition from JTPA to the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), halting final approval and continuing the item one day to allow the city attorney, Workforce Investment Board representatives and department staff to resolve outstanding legal language.
Anne Gianni of the Community Development Department summarized the documents the state requires for the July 1 WIA start: a five-year plan, a memorandum of understanding among mandatory partners and a JTPA…
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