HomeMy WebLinkAboutApproving Amendments to the Charter of Workforce Development Services of Northern IndianaRESOLUTION
NO. 2092 -94
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
January 24, 1994.
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President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
January 25, 1994
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City Clerk
Mayor
RESOLUTION :::2U�o7 --;7X
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROVING
AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OF NORTHERN INDIANA
WHEREAS, the Charter Agreement for Workforce Development
Services of Northern Indiana was last amended on May 31, 1991;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors for Workforce Development
Services of Northern Indiana is again desirous of amending its
Charter Agreement to provide for a changed composition in the
Board of Directors for Workforce Development Services of Northern
Indiana; and
WHEREAS, the Workforce Development Council presently meets
six times a year but does not hold joint meetings with the Board
of Directors for Workforce Development Services of Northern
Indiana; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors for Workforce Development
Services of Northern Indiana is desirous of reducing the
duplication of meetings by combining the functions, duties, and
tasks of the Workforce Development Services of Northern Indiana;
and
WHEREAS, a merger of the present Board of Directors for
Workforce Development Services of Northern Indiana and the
Workforce Development Council will eliminate the present waste of
time and resources expended on the duplicative meeting of these
two bodies and will permit greater involvement by the Local
Elected Officials in the formulation and implementation of
Workforce Development Services goals and objectives and the
formulation of the job training plan for the Service Delivery
Area; and
WHEREAS, such a merger is consistent with the provisions of
the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
1. A new Charter Agreement for Workforce Development
Services be approved wherein a new governance structure will be
created with the Board of Directors for Workforce Development
Services of Northern Indiana being local elected officials and
members of the Workforce Development Council as it is presently
structured.
2. The Board of Directors will be comprised of local
elected officials representing the Board of Commissioners of
Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall and St. Joseph Counties and the
Mayors of the Cities of Mishawaka and South Bend; and members of
the Workforce Development Council representing business,
industry, labor, education, economic development, rehabilitation
agencies, and other community based organizations in a
configuration in which 50% are from St. Joseph County and 50% are
from Elkhart, Kosciusko, and Marshall counties.
3. The Common Council of South Bend, Indiana approves this
Resolution amending the Charter Agreement of Workforce
Development Services of Northern Indiana and authorizes the
execution of said Agreement by the Chief Elected Official of the
City of South Bend who will serve on the Board of Directors of
Workforce Development Services of Northern Indiana.
PRESENTED
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JAN 2 D 1994
CITY CLERK, $0. WNW, IN.