MINUTES
WIB AND GOVERNING BOARD
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2001
REDDING, CALIFORNIA

1. CALL TO ORDER

   The meeting was called to order by J. Madden, WIB Chair, and J. Reese, Governing Board Chair, at 10:00 AM.

2. ROLL CALL

   There was a quorum of the WIB. Roster

   There was not a quorum of the Governing Board.

3. WIB APPROVAL OF MINUTES, OCTOBER 26, 2000

   A motion by T. Cochran, seconded by M. Piller, for WIB approval of the October 26, 2000, minutes as mailed, passed the WIB unanimously.

   *Needs Governing Board Approval

4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

   A motion by K. Theobold, seconded by R. Sandler, for WIB approval of the Agenda, as mailed, passed the WIB unanimously.

5. PUBLIC COMMENT

   There was no public comment. J. Madden asked for everybody in the room to introduce themselves.

6. WIB APPOINTMENTS

   C. Brown said the reference in the agenda to a Vocational Rehabilitation seat vacancy on the WIB was an error. He said Terri Winstead took exception to her seat being listed as vacant. There are currently two vacancies on the NoRTEC WIB:

   (1) An At-Large Seat for Public Employment Sector, and
   (2) A Public Assistance Seat for Modoc County.

   C. Brown said Jo Giessner, EDD Manager of the Northeastern Consortium, has been nominated by the Regional Manager of EDD's Northern Division.

   * Due to the lack of a Governing Board quorum, this item was tabled until the next meeting.

7. WIB TERMS

   C. Brown said the staff report attached to the agenda showed staggered WIB seat expiration dates, consistent with the NoRTEC WIB/Governing Board operating agreement for WIB appointments and expiration dates of two years for 1/2 the members, and for four years for the other 1/2. He said staff tried to stagger the dates between counties and representation (private sector, education, etc.) WIB Terms

   C. Brown said that since the Governing Board made the appointments, it was their decision regarding the suggested expiration dates of the WIB members.

   * Due to the lack of a Governing Board quorum, this item was tabled until the next meeting.

8. WIB COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

   C. Brown said the Chairperson of the WIB makes Committee appointments. J. Madden said the attachment to the agenda showed WIB members already on a committee, and Committee assignments for the previously unassigned members of the WIB. She said she would add T. Winstead to the Program Committee, and she would be happy to reassign anyone who wanted to be on a different committee. WIB Committee Membership

9. PROGRAM COMMITTEE REPORT

   Michele Piller, Program Committee Chair, presented the Program Committee Report.

   1. Program Monitoring

      M. Piller said the first NoRTEC monitoring reviews of the programs under WIA will be conducted April-June 2001. She said the monitoring was postponed as long as possible to allow NoRTEC staff and the programs time to figure out what they were supposed to be doing.

   2. State Monitoring

      Currently, the State has not scheduled any monitoring visits. They have promised to appear before the end of the program year.

   3. PY 2000/2001 Performance Standards

      M. Piller said the State is working on accessing the UI Base Wage files of participants that terminated from JTPA sometime between October 1 and March 31, 2001, to determine their employment status and earnings for the third quarter after exit from the program. We (NoRTEC) are not able to access this data until the State gives it to us. As the quarter just ended on December 31, and the State has a lot of data to gather, separate, and put together in a useable format by Local Workforce Investment Areas, it is unlikely that we will see data anytime soon.

   4. Customer Traffic Through the One-Stops

      Staff is still exploring helpful tracking and reporting methods.

   5. Del Norte County One Stop Report

      Two youth, Sara Stolt and Jennifer Flores, gave a presentation on the newspaper The Community Tide. The Community Tide is written by youth and published on a quarterly basis with the assistance of the Del Norte Triplicate, the local community newspaper. All phases of the publication are handled by a crew of six youth. The project is supervised by Annie Wilkins, who is employed by Rural Human Services. Teresa Tsalaky, Publisher for the Del Norte Triplicate, is serving as a mentor on this project. Ms. Tsalaky is also a member of the NoRTEC Youth Council and was present during the presentation.

   6. Featured Community Coordinator Report

      C. Brown said all the reports were important and appreciated, and the selection of the "best" for each quarter was just for fun. He said staff selected the report from the Job Training Center of Tehama County, because it has everything; pictures, interesting highlights, lots of related links, and it was posted, by themselves, on their own local web site. He said it was selected as an excellent example of how to use the internet to present a report. He said the report from STEP, Siskiyou County, is a runner-up, having great pictures, interesting highlights, and also being posted by them on their own local web server. It was the links that put the Job Training Center of Tehama county report in a class of its own. (Not to mention the obvious amount of work that went into it.)

      G. Russell said he thought it was a positive step for the Tehama Center to offer extended evening hours on Monday through Thursday evenings until 7:00 PM, starting January 2, 2001. K. Schmitz, Director of JTCTC, said the turnout for the evening workshops was modest so far, with the "Spanish Job Search" only getting two people, and "Careers in Construction" getting 25. She said they had a commitment to try it for six months and then to reassess.

      Tehama: http://www.ten-JTCTC.org/Community_Coordinator/January_2001.htm

      Siskiyou: http://www.siskiyouwc.org/CC/decrpt.htm

      A motion by B. Hamby, seconded by S. LaBriere, for the approval of the Program Year 2000/2001 second quarter Program Committee report, passed the WIB unanimously.

      *Needs Governing Board Approval

10. FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT

    B. Hamby, Finance Committee Chair, presented the Finance Committee report.

    1. PY 2000/2001 Funding

       B. Hamby said that currently, NoRTEC has $13,021,309 in available funds for the program year July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001. If an additional $645,333 in Rapid Response Funding is received, the total funding available for PY 2000/2001 will be $13,666,642; a $3,966,200 increase over the amount available in PY 1999/2000.

    2. Approval of PY 00/01 Second Quarter Financial Reports

       There was a brief review of the standard NoRTEC Quarterly Finance Reports: Contracts Summary, Service Provider Contract Modifications, Program Expenditure Report, NoRTEC Administrative Entity Expenditure Report, and NoRTEC WIB and Governing Board Expenditure Report. B. Hamby said the Finance Committee had not noted any items of concern in the second quarter reports.

       A motion by S. LaBriere, seconded by T. Cochran, for the approval of the Program Year 2000/2001 Second Quarter Finance Reports, passed the WIB unanimously.

       *Needs Governing Board Approval

11. LOCAL MOU AND ONE STOP STATUS

    The current status of the NoRTEC MOU agreements is:

    1. Full designation for Plumas, Shasta, and Trinity, and
    2. Temporary designation -
       • Butte - missing Rehabilitation
       • Del Norte - missing Rehabilitation
       • Lassen - missing Rehabilitation
       • Modoc - missing Rehabilitation
       • Siskiyou - missing Rehabilitation
       • Tehama - missing Rehabilitation

    Local MOU agreements with Rehabilitation are still being negotiated in these remaining six counties.

    C. Brown said that Shasta had signed an agreement with Rehabilitation, making it the first to be fully in compliance with the "full partnership" requirement of WIA, and making NoRTEC in compliance with the WIA rule of "at least one fully compliant One Stop in the NoRTEC workforce investment area."

12. STATUS OF FUNDING APPLICATIONS

    C. Brown said there were five outstanding applications: Rapid Response ($645,333), Dislocated Workers ($1,980,000), Information Lifeline ($568,000), Regional Training and Consensus Building ($410,000), and Caregiver Training Initiative ($3,000,000). C. Brown said that according to rumors, all are still in the running, awaiting the Governor's decision.

13. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PERFORMANCE AND COMPENSATION

    The minutes from the January 4, 2001, Executive Committee Meeting are attached: Minutes

    J. Madden said it was the unanimous consensus of the work group to recommend to the WIB and Governing Board that the NoRTEC Executive Director's salary be set at $88,000 for the current fiscal year, July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, that this salary level be retroactive to July 1, 2000, and that the current Executive Director Bonus policy be dropped.

    T. Cochran said the work group took their job seriously and he felt they were all in agreement that their recommendation was a good one, and that the salary was fair, although maybe a little low.

    C. Calhoun said she was a new member on the WIB and the Executive Committee, representing Shasta County, and that she wanted to commend the WIB on the extremely thorough process worked through by the Executive Committee in coming to their decision.

    J. Reese said he was also in attendance at that meeting and was in agreement with the Executive Committee's recommendations.

    A motion by S. LaBriere, seconded by T. Cochran, for the approval of setting the NoRTEC Executive Director's salary at $88,000 for the current fiscal year, July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, starting this salary level retroactive to July 1, 2000, and dropping the current Executive Director Bonus policy, passed the WIB unanimously.

    *Needs Governing Board Approval

    J. Reese asked C. Brown to schedule a special meeting of the Governing Board so they could take care of this salary item in a more timely manner.

14. OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION (CCOIS)

    Copies of the Occupational Outlook & Training Directory for NoRTEC for 2000-2001 were distributed to the members. C. Brown said additional copies were available on request.

15. NORTH STATE SUMMIT

    North State Summit

    Bob Linscheid and Don Smail provided an overview of the North State Economic Summit. In a nutshell, it is a one-day event that will include panel discussions and public presentations identifying the most significant economic issues affecting California's North State region, and proposing the most effective solutions.

    The Summit will be held on the campus of California State University-Chico on March 19, 2001. The entire conference event will be broadcast live over the Internet to maximize access and participation. All conference materials will be posted on the conference web site prior to the event, allowing the public to review the content and pre-register, and to participate on-line, "live," during the conference.

    The Summit event will include presentations, analysis and reports regarding the regional economy, future forecasts, and a detailed review of the consensus priorities in the areas of agriculture, economic development and workforce training. The presentations will be followed by a strategy session in which the highest priority issues for the region will be identified and discussed. A panel of policy makers and elected officials will participate and offer their perspectives on the most effective methods to move the priority proposals forward to implementation.

    C. Brown said NoRTEC would cover the attendance expenses of WIB and Governing Board members.

16. OLD BUSINESS

    There was a brief discussion of the two letters from Grantland Johnson; one congratulating NoRTEC for the merger of three former SDAs into a single LWIA and the other approving the five year plan.
    
    It was noted that Wally Herger wrote a note to NoRTEC explaining that Bill Dennison was not appointed to the Forest Counties Payments Committee so that Bob Douglas, President of the National Forest Counties Schools Coalition could be appointed instead.

17. NEW BUSINESS
    1. Upcoming Meeting Schedule
       1. WIB and Governing Board - Thursday, April 26, 2001, in Chico.
       2. WIB and Governing Board - Thursday, July 26, 2001, in Redding.
    2. Additional New Business Item may be brought up for discussion, at the pleasure of the NoRTEC WIB/GB members.
18. ADJOURNMENT

    There being no further Old or New Business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:10 PM