Community Development Agency
www.santa-ana.org/community-development
Item # 8
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
February 18, 2025
TOPIC: Workforce Development Board Bylaws
AGENDA TITLE
Workforce Development Board Bylaws
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Receive and file.
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No
DISCUSSION
At its regularly scheduled meeting held on January 16, 2025, the Workforce Development Board (WDB) approved revisions to its bylaws by a vote of 13:0:7 (Araujo, Hernandez, Lopez, Milatovich, Miller, Perez, Sams absent).
The City’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grant undergoes an annual compliance review conducted by the Employment Development Department, Compliance Review Office (CRO). On January 11, 2024, the CRO issued a Corrective Action citing the WDB bylaws were not consistent with recently updated federal guidance. The CRO requested the bylaws be amended to include the following:
•Process to notify the chief elected official of a WDB member vacancy to ensure a prompt nominee.
•The proxy and alternative designee process followed when a WDB member is unable to attend a meeting and assigns a designee.
•The use of technology, such as phone and Web-based meetings, used to promote WDB member participation.
•The process to ensure WDB members actively participate in convening the workforce development system’s stakeholders.
Should this not be addressed, the state Workforce Development Board could recommend the Governor withdraw the City’s designation as a WDB and funding. Staff worked with the City Attorney’s office to draft revisions to the bylaws, which were approved by the WDB at their January 16, 2025 meeting (Exhibit 1).
Workforce Development Board Bylaws
February 18, 2025
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FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Revised Bylaws
2. Bylaws with Redline Changes
Submitted By: Michael L. Garcia, Executive Director of Community Development Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, City Manager