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Private Industry Council 1996/02/22 ANAHEIM PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL CITY OF ANAHEIM 201 S. ANAHEIM BLVD. 2ND FLOOR CONFERENCE CENTER FEBRUARY 22, 1996 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER The PIC Chair, Paul Bostwick, called the meeting to order at 3:40 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Wally Rodriquez. ROLL CALL Present Absent Staff Jill Bolton Charles Kurtz Ruben Aceves Paul Bostwick Marie Moreno Anita Martin Bob Cashman Don Natenstedt Al Parsons Dick Clark Bob Nelson Marge Pritchard Peggy Crawford Roy Odom Rita Slayton Dianne Edwards George Williams John Geisbauer Bob Zonitch Tom Harris Cheryl Holt Frank Jacobson Tom Kurtz Mike Neben Wally Rodriquez Larry Slagle Ray Torres PRESENTATIONS 1. Scholarship funds donated by Disneyland were given to three youth to continue their education and career goals. These individuals were asked to read their compositions to the PIC. A:\AMN6223A.DOC 1 2. The PIC Chair presented Peggy Crawford with a plaque recognizing her outstanding contributions on the Private Industry Council from February 1993 to March 1996. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The January 25, 1996 minutes were moved for approval by Wally Rodriquez and seconded by Dianne Edwards. Tom Kurtz, Tom Harris, and Ray Torres abstained. The motion passed. There was no discussion. CONSENT CALENDAR ACTION ITEMS #1 -2 Action Item #1 - Recommendation to approve the comments regarding governance and performance standards issues and forward them to the State Council for consideration in their policy recommendations to the Governor. Frank Jacobson moved for approval and Ray Torres seconded. The vote was unanimous. The motion passed. There was no discussion. Action Item #2 - Recommendation to approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between EDD and PIC and authorize the SDA to enter into this agreement with EDD to define roles and responsibilities for the operation of the One Stop Career Center. Mike Neben moved for approval and Larry Slagle seconded. The vote was unanimous. The motion passed. There was no discussion. INFORMATION ITEMS 1. Unemployment Statistics - Peggy Crawford stated that the U.I. statistics are going down. Ray Torres asked Peggy if anyone was tracking the number of people that drop off unemployment roles because they cannot find jobs. Peggy commented that no one tracks that number in her organization. Ray asked Peggy what that number might be. Peggy stated that maybe Elenor Jordan might have a speculation as to what that number might be. Peggy commented that one of the phenomenon that they are talked to her about in their training is that when the economy starts to improve, people start to come back into the labor force and actively seek work. She stated that then the numbers look disproportionately high, so even when things are getting better the rates look worse. She stated that she wasn't sure how these people get counted back in; maybe through a population survey of households. A:\AMN6223A.DOC 2 Ray Torres asked Marge Pritchard if it would be possible to get that number from Elenor Jordan. Marge stated that this is something that she is interested in but have not seen any reports to track those out of the system. She stated that she would ask Elenor Jordan if there might be some report we could receive. Ray Torres asked if there might be any agency in Orange County tracking a correlation between those that drop off of the statistics of unemployment and those that are becoming homeless or losing their homes. Dianne Edwards answered that no not that she was aware of any such report. She asked Peggy Crawford if the job growth is primarily in lower paying service sector jobs. Peggy stated that was the case. Wally Rodriquez asked Peggy Crawford if this figure was coming from a survey or from people claiming unemployment benefits. Peggy stated in addition to the number of people claiming unemployment benefits there is also a statistical survey that is done each month but she wasn't sure about how the formula works. She stated that the numbers that come out at the end of the month are a projection. She stated that the State Employment Services collect this information for the Federal Government and different times during the month the figures are released. She stated that there are at least two different surveys that you can't really equate the numbers. Wally asked if the Federal and the State have different numbers. Peggy stated that yes they would. She stated that it might be a good idea if the PIC had some space on the agenda to bring in Elenor Jordan to do a presentation for the PIC. 2. Training Contractors Performance Report - Ruben Aceves stated that a cover sheet was added to the report to give more insight as to the corrective action that was taken to the vendors not meeting placement standards. He stated that four agencies have been put on administrative action due to low placement rates. He stated that the rest of the report had not changed. Frank Jacobson asked Ruben if we are expecting a response back from these vendors or just putting them on notice. Ruben stated that depending on the level of administrative action that is imposed they are required to provide us with some corrective action. 3. Monthly Fiscal Report - There was no discussion. COMMITTEE REPORTS ByLaws - No report. A:\AMN6223A.DOC 3 Economic Development - No report. Marketing - Bob Cashman commented that the Awards Breakfast was a success. He reported that about 268 people attended making it the largest. He stated that the committee will start working on the Annual Report for next year so that it can be published earlier in 1996. Membership - Larry Slagle stated that there were 3 vacancies in private sector and 3 in public sector. He stated that a list of nominees were received from the Chamber. He stated that these nominees would be contacted to see if they would be interested so that this list can go before the City Council for approval. Larry reported that because of the resignations of Peggy Crawford, Cynthia Grennan, and Mike Sofia 3 openings exists. He stated that all PIC appointments would go to City Council on March 12, 1996. The Chairman stated that he is requesting that a PIC Orientation for new and old members take place in late April or early May. He also stated he had suggested an afternoon event that could be connected with a baseball game following the orientation. Mentorship - No report. Monitoring & Evaluation - Tom Kurtz stated that the committee met February 21, 1996. He stated that the committee decided that they needed performance monitoring standards because the list of vendors is quite large and some of the placements are low. He stated that there are three different levels of monitoring which is shown in the Monitoring & Evaluation report that was distributed. Dianne Edwards commented that one of the advantages of these standards is that the vendor knows up front what the expectations are. Frank Jacobson suggested that if a vendor is also included in the Pan Project, there is an additional notification process. He felt that if we make this part of our policy it would get the vendors concerned and take corrective action. Marge Pritchard stated that we need to connect it or certainly coordinate our monitoring activities because the Pan Project is a huge aerospace project which Anaheim is one part of and SouthBay is the fiscal agent. She stated that Pan stands for the Private Industry Council Aerospace Project which installed a computerized system called IWIN that tracks all the vendors. She also stated that Anaheim is connected to this IWIN system. Marge stated that the Pan and Anaheim are two different procurement systems which requires dual monitoring procedures. A:\AMN6223A.DOC 4 Ruben Aceves stated that they do share with other SDAs including Pan but it is up to their discretion as to how they want to use the information. Peggy Crawford asked if there was a way to identify certain occupations that might be on hold for one school and maybe not all of the occupations. Tom Kurtz stated that the labor market needs can change dramatically. Ruben stated that the corrective action will require that the vendors include some kind of labor market analysis to show that there is a demand for employment so once they are finished training there is a market out there for them. Ray Torres asked if the other SDAs have similar standards for their PICs. Ruben Aceves stated that the Pan Project has a similar type of guidelines that they use. Peggy Crawford asked if these were the newly developed guidelines or just updated. Tom Kurtz stated that these guidelines were new. Ray Torres asked for a copy of the monitoring policy. Staff would have a copy for him at the next meeting. Tom Kurtz stated that a copy of the monitoring report was also in the packet. He stated that the response from the PIC was very good. Larry Slagle stated that Healthstaff is on the monitoring schedule but not on the monitoring report. Ruben Aceves stated that they were new with a couple of enrollments and that it was just an oversight. They would be added to the monitoring report. One Stop Career Center - Marge Pritchard stated that there is a lot of information in the packet and she did not attend the last meeting but that Rita Slayton staffed the meeting and is getting great support from all the members. Marge stated that the center usage is going up. Rita introduced a new staff member Carol Mattson who will be working on the center. Dianne Edwards stated that her staff was very complimentary and impressed with the work that Rita has done on the center. Planning & Analysis - No report. School -To- Career - No report. JTPA MANAGER'S REPORT Marge Pritchard stated that there was no new legislation as yet. She stated that the two bills in both the Senate and House have now been joined and one is considered an amendment of the other but she stated that there has still been no action because the budget crisis has overrode any other issues. She stated that she and Bob Cashman would be going to Washington DC next week and maybe find out more information to bring back to the PIC. A:\AMN6223A.DOC 5 Marge stated that one of the things that she is concerned about is the budget with the continuing resolution that the President signed into effect. She stated that it allocates money to different departments (Department of Labor, Department of Education); however, is no allocation for summer. Marge stated that it looks like we would be funded at approximately 75% of the last years level. That translates to a 17% cut to the adult programs and 35% cut to the dislocated workers program if no other cuts occur. Marge stated that she had just finished the City's budget planning process and planned for a 25 -30% reduction from last year, since all is unknown at this time. She stated that she hopes that it doesn't go below that because then she will have to address what programs will stay and which ones will have to go. Marge stated that at the State level, governance issues are moving along. She stated that she recently attended a State Job Training Coordinating Council (SJTCC) meeting in Newport Beach and distributed some information received from that meeting. She stated that the SJTCC is about to put together the final report due to the Governor on April 1, 1996 on their governance recommendation. She stated that the State Council did a recap at the meeting and went over all the work that was done over the year and came up with some guiding principles which they have in place. She stated that they came up with five models of what a state structure could like for employment and training, however, only three will be considered. Marge stated that the committee spoke about the public input process which had the following breakdowns: 11% represented community colleges, 11% public education (outside of community colleges), 11% business industry, 36% PICs and SDAs, 35% service providers, 5% economic development groups, and 2% federal government. She stated that there are two major themes regarding the composition of a workforce development board which will be recommended to the Governor. The first is that it should be an even split by one - third; State officials, private sector, and education respectively. The second is that it should be a business majority led group that is connected to economic development. She stated that of the 3 models, the umbrella model and the private sector are the ones considered most seriously. Marge stated that the other handout is a side by side comparison of what the governance committee is looking at and what block grants might factor into those pieces of legislation. Marge stated that the comments on governance which the PIC approved today will be faxed to the SJTCC. A:\AMN6223A.DOC 6 CHAIRMAN'S REPORT Paul Bostwick reported that Marge Pritchard and Bob Cashman would be attending the National Association of Private Industry Council (NAPIC) conference in Washington DC next week. He stated that maybe they will come back with legislative news. Paul Bostwick asked Dianne Edwards to give a report at the next meeting on the Welfare Reform. Dianne stated that she would do that. COMMENTS FROM THE PIC Frank Jacobson stated that he attended the governance conference in San Diego with Chuck Emanuele, California Career Schools, and Bill Brown, Brownson. He stated that all three testified. Frank commented that Chuck and Bill complimented the PIC as to what a great job they were doing. Dick Clark stated that the Chamber of Commerce is putting on a Stakeholders Luncheon on February 29, 1996 at 11:30 am for all stakeholders in the City with keynote speaker of Joel Slutsky, Odetics, and also a presentation from the Mayor. The price is $35.00 and anyone wanting a ticket can purchase it at the Chamber. Paul Bostwick stated that the PIC will be represented with a booth showing the CD ROM presentation and the job developers will be available to answer employer questions. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC The audience introduced themselves to the PIC. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted: sue ,' Anita Martin, Secretary A:1AMN6223A.DOC 7