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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
City of Anaheim
HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
DATE: FEBRUARY 3, 2026
FROM: HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD APPOINTMENTS
ATTACHMENT (Y/N): YES ITEM # 02
GOVERNMENT CODE § 84308 APPLIES: NO
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council, by Motion, appoint three (3) new members to the Anaheim Workforce Development Board (WDB) with terms ending June 30, 2030: Karla Rodriguez and Kurtis Adams, representing business; and Richard Licerio, representing labor.
DISCUSSION:
The City of Anaheim is a designated Local Workforce Development Area under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), receiving federal funds under the WIOA to establish, implement, and maintain a local workforce development system and governance structure, including a Workforce Development Board. WIOA requires that the Anaheim City Council appoint members to the WDB based on criteria established by the Governor and the State Workforce Development Board.
The eighteen (18) member WDB is comprised of business and labor representatives, as well as individuals from the public sector. Under WIOA the WDB is responsible for overseeing the management and performance of the workforce system, and for conducting strategic planning to ensure the workforce system meets the needs of employers and job seekers. Business representatives must be nominated by a local business organization and shall include owners of businesses, chief executives or operating officers, or other business executives/employees with optimum policymaking or hiring authority. Labor representatives must be nominated by labor organizations.
Individuals from the public sector are nominated by their respective representative agencies and are also individuals with optimum policymaking authority within the entities they represent.
Karla Rodriguez is the Manager/Area Human Resources Manager for Altium Packaging, supporting their Anaheim plant. Altium designs and produces innovative packaging for beverages, food, water, household chemicals, and other products. Employing 92 people in Anaheim, they have been a valued employer-partner with the Anaheim Workforce Workforce Development Board Appointments
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Connection (AWC), offering on-the-job training opportunities and using AWC recruitment services. Ms. Rodriguez has been the cornerstone of this relationship.
Kurtis Adams is General Manager of SA Recycling, a large-scale recycling operation in Anaheim employing over 120 locally and over 1,600 across numerous US locations. SA Recycling has a long relationship with Anaheim Workforce Development, and Mr.
Adams brings a background filled with relevant workforce experience, such as industrial operations, safety culture, sustainability, and supply-chain logistics.
Richard Licerio is the Business Agent for Laborers Local 652, a labor organization representing thousands of laborers across the Orange County region. Mr. Licerio has considerable experience in labor relations and has direct ties to Anaheim serving as an Anaheim Pony Baseball Coach and President of the Canyon High School Wrestling Booster Club.
The term of appointment for newly appointed members is four (4) years. The term end date for these three appointments will be June 30, 2030.
Attached for your review are applications and resumes for the three (3) new appointments.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
There is no budgetary impact.
Respectfully submitted,
Grace Ruiz-Stepter
Director of Housing & Community Development
Attachments:
1. Karla Rodriguez Application Binder
2. Kurtis Adams Application Binder
3. Richard Licerio Application Binder
4. WDB Member Term Date Schedule