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Board adopts updated Workforce Development Board bylaws; adds budget committee, readies mobile unit
Summary
The Imperial County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to adopt updated bylaws for the county Workforce Development Board, formalizing membership transitions, adding a budget and finance committee, updating the meeting address and highlighting a 38-foot mobile unit for outreach.
The Imperial County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 11 voted 5-0 to adopt updated bylaws for the county Workforce Development Board, following a presentation by Priscilla Lopez, director of Workforce and Economic Development.
Lopez told the board the updated bylaws formalize procedures that had been inconsistent during remote and in-person sessions, add a budget and finance committee to increase transparency around grant spending, update the board’s address to the Business Development Center and clarify transition procedures for committee membership. "The bylaws hadn't been worked on in quite a bit. So we wanted to make sure that we're formalizing..." Lopez said.
Lopez said the workforce board was recently reappointed and now includes 17 members drawn from both private and public organizations. She listed board members in the meeting record and said the board had added representatives from the agricultural industry, the Imperial Irrigation District (IID), renewable energy and education partners, including the Imperial County Office of Education (ICOE). Lopez said the board meets monthly and that members will be sworn in at the end of the month.
The presentation also highlighted outreach plans, including a "38 foot mobile unit" Lopez said will be deployed to serve outlying communities that lack easy access to the county’s co-located workforce sites in Brawley, Calexico and El Centro.
Eric Freeman, chair of the Workforce Development Board, urged greater collaboration among advisory boards and suggested that "if someone from County Council could Zoom in on a meeting... they can be answered right away" to avoid delays in proceeding with projects.
Supervisor Jesus Eduardo Escobar moved to adopt the updated bylaws; Supervisor Ryan Elliot Kelly seconded the motion. The board recorded the vote as five-to-zero in favor.
Lopez told supervisors the bylaws changes are intended to ensure federal and state recognition of the board and to improve fiscal oversight and coordination so workforce training funds and grants are spent without delay. She noted the workforce office also coordinates with the Small Business Development Center and the Community and Economic Development Center to pursue HUD, CDBG, EDA, SBA and other grant opportunities beyond WIOA funds.
The board approved adoption of the updated Workforce Development Board bylaws; the transcript records a 5-0 vote and does not record individual dissenting votes.
