HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 04-01-1997 - 9c ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No.
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 1, 1997
SUBJECT: Skill Development Center Advisory Committee
DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) f.
BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N)
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Albert T. Kittrell,Assistant County Manager
TELEPHONE NUMBERS: -- ext. 2300
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 227-2031
PURPOSE: To approve the charge for the Skill Development Center Advisory Committee.
BACKGROUND: On January 21, 1997 the Board approved the composition of the Skill Development
Center. The nine-member committee will include the following representatives: 1-County Commissioner,
2-School Board,2-major employers,3-citizens from the community at-large,and 1-workforce development
board member.
Also,the mission of the Skill Development Center was acknowledged as: To provide adequate training and
employment services to allow all Orange County citizens to be self-sufficient and offer a broad range of
services to employers, businesses and the community.
County staff and agencies relocating to the Skill Development Center suggest the following Charge for the
Committee:
=> To advise and report to the Board of Commissioners on all Skill Development Center Activities
To ensure all public training and employment agencies will be located in the Skill Development Center
To support a holistic"one stop"approach to coordinating skill development and job search services to
citizens
To assist agencies to design training to match existing and emerging jobs
=> To ensure the Skill Development Center provides labor market information,access to career training
and job placement
To establish formal linkages between employers and qualified workers
To review annually the Skill Development Center's service outcomes
RECOMMENDATION(S): The manager recommends that the Board approve the Charge to the Skill
Development Center Advisory Board.