WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
(WDB)
Of
Meeting Minutes
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PRESENT: Michael Zelley, Barry Bomier, Mark Stevens, Erik Eastman,
Larry Ford, Cheryl Gifford, Tom Gilbertson, Gary Gosaynie, Robert Hardy, Jimmy
King, William Middlebrooks, David Miller, Edith Prunty-Spencer, Khalil Saab,
Zachary Tomlinson, Barb VanTol, and George Wingfield
STAFF
PRESENT: Pamela Loving, Alicia Booker, QB Pittman, Craig
Coney, Sharon Bowen, Tanesha Malone, William Hetchler, Pam Beebe, Lila
Lipscomb, Margaret Broden, Debbie Rose, Jamie White, James Robinson, Eunita
Mixon, Helen Brown, Peggy Kendrick, Sherry Goble, Sally Savage, Lou Lethbridge,
Koya Clemons, Mary Housley, Carol Piesko, Kelly Fry, Candice Miller, Vicki
Spencer, John Rhymes, Andre Hatter, and Nichole Abdul-Aziz
OTHERS
PRESENT: Peter Goodstein and Bruce Griffith
I.
Meeting
called to order at
II.
PUBLIC
COMMENT: Michael Zelley recognized the new board members;
Willie W. Middlebrooks, his alternate
Darlene Middlebrooks attended in his absence, and Zachary Tomlinson.
III.
ACTION ITEMS:
A.
Elections of Officers for 2004.
Existing officers were listed.
Chair: J. Michael Zelley
Vice Chair: Edith Prunty-Spencer
Treasurer: Jimmy King
Secretary: Katie Wolf
It was asked if anyone would like
to nominate themselves or anyone else for any of these offices. It was asked three times, and no one
answered. A motion to keep the existing
officers to serve for one year was made by Mr. Khalil Saab and supported by Ms.
Cheryl Gifford.
MOTION PASSED
B.
Approval
of WDB Minutes of
MOTION PASSED
C.
Executive
Committee Salary Recommendations for Ms. Loving: Mr. Zelley stated that he had heard back from
some of the board members, and encouraged all of them to get their comments to
the executive committee which will be meeting next week. He told them that there is a handout in their
packets that highlights Pam’s performance over the past two years.
D.
Approval
of Authorization: Mr. Zelley signed a
document that Ms. Pamela Loving, President/CEO of Career Alliance, is
authorized to negotiate and sign any and all contracts, leases, and legal
documents on behalf of the WDB. A motion
to accept that authorization was made by Mr. Wingfield and supported by Ms.
Edith Prunty-Spencer.
MOTION PASSED
IV.
Subcommittee
Reports
A.
Economic &
Community Development Initiative: Mr.
Barry Bomier stated that he and Cal Wright shipped information from the
YouthBuild Conference, in
B.
Shiawassee
Sub-Committee: Mr. Gary Gosaynie
reported that the committee met the first Friday in November at the
C.
EAG
update: Mr. Gary Tower was not present
so there was no update given.
D.
FIA
Update: Mr. Mark Stevens was present for
Ms. Denise Chambers. A lot of cuts are
being made, with a lot of supportive services cut. He also stated that there is discussion about
cutting health services for adults. The
FIA is on a hiring halt, so they are short staffed. In fact, he said, the only things they are
not short on are customers. There are
not as many people who need cash assistance, but there are an increasing number
of health & support customers. The
state is being very secretive about what the cuts are going to be… they just
know that there will be more of them.
E.
Michigan
Rehabilitation Services (MRS) update:
Mr. Don Dees was present for Ms. Suzanne Howell. The cash matches are in
place, one of those is for the mentoring program for Disabled People with CAI. He also offered congratulations to CAI for
their ODEP award for disabilities and stated that they look forward to working
with us.
V.
President’s
Update: We have requested money from the
Mott Foundation for our YouthBuild. Ms.
Loving was told that the request has gone forward and will be looked at in
their December meeting. She received a
call from the state, the department that approves our board, and they said that
out of all the MWA’s, our recertification package was the only one submitted
that was perfect. The Unemployment
Agency has moved. We have added a cancer
support group and 85 parking spaces at the
VI.
Chair’s
Update: Mr. Zelley offered a welcome
back to Board member Robert Hardy. He
spoke about the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) Grant. He stated that ODEP has about a 60-80 million
budget and they issue this money in the form of grants for inclusion of people
with disabilities in the workplace. ODEP
invited us to
Ms.
Loving stated that the county has given us 3 parcels of land and that we will
be constructing the arches for
Ms.
Spencer offered her congratulations to Mr. Zelley and informed him that the
Board is proud of him. She stated that
he has exceeded all of their expectations.
VII.
Meeting
adjourned at
____________________________________
Ms.
Katie Wolf
Secretary,
Workforce Development Board
Date: _______________________________