HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/20/2010 16 2010 Job Fair Costs Reimbursement; Workforce Development Council • BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
. Item No. /c'
For Meeting of April 20, 2010
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ITEM TITLE: Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an
agreement with the Workforce Development Council to assist with
reimbursement of costs associated with Job Fair 2010.
SUBMITTED BY: Michael Morales, Director of Community and Economic Development
CONTACT PERSON /TELEPHONE: Archie M. Matthews, Operations Supervisor of
Neighborhood Development Services, (575 -6101)
SUMMARY EXPLANATION: Each year a variety of our community partners produce a local
Job Fair. Partners, contributors, and participants include a large spectrum of businesses in our
area. The Job Fair has resulted in "on the spot" hiring of job seekers, and additional jobs are
filled as a direct result of the fair; sometimes months after the event.
The South Central Workforce Council has asked the City to invest $5,000 from Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to reimburse the cost of renting the Yakima
• Convention Center for Job Fair 2010. Economic development is an eligible activity under the
federal regulations that govern the use of CDBG funds. Funds for such activities are planned
for in the annual budgeting process. The City has participated in eight of the prior ten Job
Fairs, beginning in the year 2000.
This proposal was discussed at the meeting of the City Council's Neighborhood Development
Committee on April 7, 2010. The committee recommended that this proposal be forwarded to
the full Council for approval. Approval of this resolution will authorize the City Manager to
execute an agreement with the South Central Workforce Council for reimbursement of costs
associated with the Job Fair.
Resolution X Ordinance Contract Other (Specify)
Funding Source 2010 CDBG funds
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL: .. -
ity Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval
BOARD /COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Recommended for full Council consideration
and approval by the Council's Neighborhood Development Committee on April 7, 2010.
il COUNCIL ACTION:
• RESOLUTION NO. R -2010-
A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Workforce
Development Council to assist with reimbursement of costs associated with
Job Fair 2010.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima is a recipient of Federal Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) funds, which may be used, among other things, to assist with Economic
Development activities; and
WHEREAS, the Workforce Development Council requests assistance in the amount of
$5,000.00 in CDBG funds to assist with the costs of renting the Yakima Convention Center for
the Job Fair 2010, and
WHEREAS, The Workforce Development Council will supply the number of job offers
made and accepted at the Fair, as well as the number of job offers made and accepted as a
result of the Fair within 60 days after the Fair, and
• WHEREAS, The City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to
authorize and approve the request from Workforce Development Council to reimburse the cost
of renting the Yakima Convention Center Job Fair 2010, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute an agreement between
the City of Yakima and the Workforce Development Council in the amount of $5,000.00. The
final form of these documents shall be reviewed and approved by the City Attorney.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 20th day of April, 2010.
ATTEST: Micah Cawley, Mayor
City Clerk
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