October 15, 2024
Library and Community Services
DATE: October 15, 2024
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
LaShonda White, Deputy City Manager – Community
Services
Tamara Walker, Deputy Director of Community Services
- Employment & Training Division
Subject:
Amend Richmond Workforce Development Board Bylaws
FINANCIAL IMPACT: A resolution to adopt the amended bylaws will provide eligibility for future grant funding opportunities and ensure Employment and Training and the Richmond Workforce
Development Board (WDB) align with the Workforce
Development Boards Local Plan agreement, approved by
the State of California Workforce Association.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
November 3, 2015
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Bylaws for the Workforce Development Board
(WDB) must be updated to reflect the changes made by
the WDB Ad Hoc Committee.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution amending the Richmond Workforce
Development Board’s bylaws – Community Services
(Tamara Walker 510-307-8006/LaShonda White 510-
620-6828).
AGENDA
REPORT
October 15, 2024
DISCUSSION:
The Workforce Investment Act (previously known as the Workforce Innovations & Opportunity Act or WIOA) authorizes the expenditure of federal funds for workforce development programs in designated Local Areas. The State of California has designated the City of Richmond as a Local Area. The Richmond Workforce Development Board (Board) was established to provide policy guidance and oversight of the workforce development system for the City of Richmond.
The Board’s membership consists of nineteen (19) members. On November 3, 2015, the City Council approved Resolution 107-15 renaming the Richmond Workforce Investment Board to the Richmond Workforce Development Board (Board), and to establish the Board’s bylaws (Attachment 1).
The Board nominated an ad hoc committee to review and update the bylaws to reflect the Board’s current roles, responsibilities, and direction. The updated bylaws will also help keep the Board aligned with its Local Plan Agreement, approved by the State of California Workforce Association.
On September 14, 2023, the Board discussed and approved proposed amendments to the bylaws (Attachments 2). The bylaw amendments included changes to the following sections:
Article I – Name and Purpose
Article II – Duties and Responsibilities
Article III – Membership and Meetings
Article IV – Conditions of Service
Article V – Officers
Article VI – Committees
Article VII – Staff Support
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution 107-15 with Original Bylaws
Attachment 2 – RWDB Minutes, September 14, 2023
Attachment 3 – Amended Resolution No. 107-15 - RWDB Bylaws (Track Changes) Attachment 4 – RWDB Amended Bylaws (Clean)