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Date: May 20, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Aram Chaparyan, City Manager
By: Fran Fulton, Economic Development Director | [email protected] Subject: City Manager – Reappoint Torrance Representative to the South Bay Workforce Investment Board. Expenditure: None.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation of the City Manager that City Council reappoint Kimberley Miller as representative to the South Bay Workforce Investment Board for the City of Torrance.
FUNDING
None required.
DISCUSSION
Since July 1, 2015, the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) has managed the federal funds distributed by the state that provide workforce development employment and training services for the community in the City of Torrance.
The current Board has 50 members, comprised of representatives from the 10 cities that encompass the South Bay workforce investment area, as well as neutral seats representing partnering organizations. Kimberley Miller, Vice President of Human Resources for Bachem Americas, Inc., has agreed to continue representing the business community of Torrance on the Workforce Investment Board, and is seeking Council’s support for her reappointment:
With the Council’s concurrence to approve this reappointment, Ms. Miller will hold a business private sector seat on the South Bay Workforce Investment Board for the City of Torrance for the term July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2029.
ATTACHMENTS
1. SBWIB Letter of Request to Fill Vacant Seat
2. Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce Nomination Letter
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