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Kane County and The River Valley Workforce Investment Board R OCH E L L E J. D A N I E L S A T T OR N E Y / CON SU L T A N T 5301 N 36 t h Cour t H ol lywood, F l or i da 3302 1 9 54 2 05 2 582 dani el sr j@aol .com

Background  Over 25 years of experience in the area of Workforce Development  Represent the Broward Workforce Development Board, Inc. in Florida and their management team  Consult nationwide as well as with the US Department of Labor on workforce issues  Provide training to boards and one-stops  Wrote the original implementation policies for the State of Illinois  Represent states and local areas with respect to audit and monitoring findings

Workforce Investment Act 3  Strong role for Boards & Private Sector  State and Local Flexibility  Streamlined Services – One Stop  Universal Access  Empowering Individuals  Increased Accountability & Performance  Connections Between School and Work

Strong role for Boards & Private Sector 4  Boards are majority Private Sector  Boards are appointed by chief local elected official(s)  Other members  Economic Development  Education  Organized labor  Community based organizations  Representatives of other workforce funding streams

Strong role for Boards & Private Sector 5  Select and terminate one stop operators in partnership with local elected officials  Policy makers  Determine aspects of eligibility for adults and dislocated workers  Approve schools and courses of training  Select youth providers  Localize labor market information  Ambassadors for workforce in the community

State and Local Flexibility 6  Where the law is silent  States may make policy  Local boards may make policies  States may ask for waivers  To better serve individuals targeted by the legislation  To effectuate better collaboration

Streamlined Services - Universal Access 7  One stop career centers are the lynch pin of the system  Individuals are projected to change jobs 9 times over the life of their working lives  One stop for all workforce services  One stops provider services to all workers  Self help services – for everyone  Job search  Online courses – resumes, GED, employability skills , occupational skills  Referral to other workforce services  Intensive services

Empowering Individuals 8  Select their own course of training  Choices of  Classroom training – individual training accounts  On the job training  Customized training

Accountability - Performance 9  Started with 17 measures now  3 adult  3 youth  Performance  Entered employment  Wage  Retention  Boards can add measures  Fiscal accountability

The Study 10  Purpose Look at the current structure  Make recommendations   For Continuous Improvement  Program and Fiscal Compliance  Identify strengths and weaknesses of the current system  Methodology Review the Inter governmental agreement  Review River Valley Workforce Board Documents  Review Fiscal Agent/One Stop   Monitoring Reports  Audit Report  Five Year Plan and Modifications Met or Spoke with   River Valley Workforce Board Members and staff  KCDEE Staff  County Chairs Visited Kane County One-Stop 

Context of Study and Recommendations 11  Lagging economy  About 5 million dollars to spend on workforce services for Kane, Dekalb and Kendall Counties  Need to use the funds strategically  Pending Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization  Expect more cuts to domestic programs  KCDEE is isolated  Co-located in Kane County with IDES but operate in separate areas

Context of Study and Recommendations 12  State monitoring reports make many recommendations for improvement to the one-stop  Annual audit with some issues  Board is needs to be the policy maker with guidance from Chief Elected Official(s) as appropriate  KCDEE / one-stop could use a face lift

Context of Study and Recommendations 13  The Fiscal Agency status move to the board from the one-stop  Allow KCDEE (one stop) to focus on participants  Allow board to assume policy role  Retain board staff within the county  County finance would still maintain bank accounts and disburse funds  Move KCDEE to Office of Community Reinvestment (OCR)  Ahead of the curve on expected changes to legislation  OCR oversees community services grants  OCR shares a similar target population to that of KCDEE  Allow for cost efficiencies in providing client services  Allows for integration – mandatory one stop partner  Allow for rebranding of KCDEE to River Valley workNet in alignment with state branding of one stop centers

Recommendations 14  Executive Committee, Subcommittee reviewed the recommendations  Voted to accept the recommendations and move them to the Council of Elected Officials for their approval

Context of Study and Recommendations 15  Council of Elected Officials met and voted to  Amend intergovernmental agreement  To make the workforce board and staff the fiscal agent  To allow for KCDEE to be located within the county where • Effectiveness would be strengthened • Eliminate overlap and duplication of services

Next Steps 16  Workforce Board staff will step in to manage the budget and make recommendations regarding investment of resources  Up to HR Committee to take next step

PURPOSE OF STATE’S ATTORNEY’S DRAFT SAO a ske d to re vie w a nd c o mme nt. Pro vide le g a l a dvic e . No t a dvo c a ting po lic y. Sug g e ste d a lte rna tive la ng ua g e to a tte mpt to imple me nt Co unty Bo a rd’ s inte nt to the g re a te st e xte nt po ssib le . *T his pre se nta tio n hig hlig hts the ma jo r issue s pre se nte d in the Sta te ’ s Atto rne y dra ft, b ut do e s no t a ddre ss a ll o f the Sta te ’ s Atto rne y’ s sug g e stio ns.

I. WHO IS GOVERNED BY THE ETHICS ORDINANCE? T he Co unty Bo a rd inte nds tha t the Ordina nc e a pply to a ll e le c te d o ffic ia ls e xc e pt the Circ uit Cle rk a nd Sta te ’ s Atto rne y. Se c tio n 7: Co unty-wide E le c te d Offic e rs All c ounty- wide e le c te d offic e r s of Kane County shall be subje c t to this Or dinanc e with the e xc e ption of the State 's Attor ne y and the Cle r k of the Cir c uit Cour t to ohibite d by law. the fulle st e xte nt not othe r wise pr

CIRCUIT CLERK AND STATE’S ATTORNEY Attor ne y Ge ne r al E thic s Or dinanc e Guide With re spe c t to c o untie s, ne ithe r the Sta te 's Atto rne y no r the Circ uit Cle rk will b e sub je c t to the pro visio ns o f the Mo de l Ordina nc e . T he se o ffic e rs a re Sta te , no t c o unty, o ffic e rs. T he e xe mptio n o f tho se o ffic e rs will g e ne ra lly e xte nd to the ir sta ffs, a s we ll.

SECTIONS THAT MAY APPLY TO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS • Se c tio n 2: Pro hib ite d Po litic a l Ac tivitie s • Se c tio n 3: Gift Ba n • E a c h g o ve rnme nta l e ntity …sha ll a do pt a n o rdina nc e o r re so lutio n tha t re g ula te s, in a ma nne r no le ss re stric tive tha n Se c tio n 5-15 a nd Artic le 10 o f this Ac t, (i) the po litic a l a c tivitie s o f o ffic e rs a nd e mplo ye e s o f the g o ve rnme nta l e ntity a nd (ii) the so lic iting a nd a c c e pting o f g ifts b y a nd the o ffe ring a nd ma king o f g ifts to o ffic e rs a nd e mplo ye e s o f the g o ve rnme nta l e ntity. 5 I L CS 430/ 70-5.

SECTIONS THAT DO NOT APPLY TO OFFICERS WITH INTERNAL CONTROL AUTHORITY • Se c tio n 8: T ra ining • Se c tio n 10: Co ntra c to r Disc lo sure • Se c tio n 11: Offic e r Disc lo sure • Se c tio n 12: Co nflic t o f I nte re st • Se c tio n 13: F uture a nd F o rme r E mplo yme nt • Se c tio n 14: Use o f Pro prie ta ry o r Co nfide ntia l I nfo rma tio n. • Se c tio n 16: L o b b ying . • Se c tio n 17: Disc lo sure • Se c tio n 18: Pro hib itio n o n Se rving o n Bo a rds a nd Co mmissio ns • Se c tio n 19: E mplo yme nt o f F a mily Me mb e rs • Se c tio n 20: Re pre se nta tio n o f T hird Pa rtie s • Se c tio n 21: Dua l Pe nsio n.

SECTIONS THAT PRESENT IMPLEMENTATION OR PRACTICAL PROBLEMS • Sta te ’ s Atto rne y’ s func tio n re q uire s funding (Se c tio n 4.2) • Sc o pe o f SAO inve stig a to ry func tio n ne e ds to b e c la rifie d • Se c tio n 4.5 inve stig a tio ns • Sub po e na s a nd e mplo ye e c o o pe ra tio n (5 th Ame ndme nt) • Se c tio n 10: Co ntra c to r Disc lo sure • Wo rding is c o mplic a te d a nd b urde ns ve ndo rs. • So me pa rts o f Se c tio n 12: Co nflic t o f I nte re st • So me pa rts o f Se c tio n 14: Use o f Pro prie ta ry o r Co nfide ntia l I nfo rma tio n. • e xe mpt fro m disc lo sure unde r F OI A, o nly c ha ng e • So me pa rts o f Se c tio n 16: L o b b ying . • Pa ra g ra ph 1 is a mb ig uo us • So me pa rts o f Se c tio n 20: Re pre se nta tio n o f T hird Pa rtie s • So me o f the la ng ua g e is unc le a r