City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MAY 20, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of Approval of Two Agreements Required By the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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ISSUE: Approval of two agreements required by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which are: 1) the Chief Local Elected Officials' (CLEO) agreement between the City of Alexandria and Arlington County; and 2) the Workforce Development Consortium agreement between the chief local elected officials and the local Workforce Development Consortium.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council authorize the Mayor to sign the attached agreements required by the WIOA:
1. The CLEO Agreement between the City of Alexandria and Arlington County (Attachment 1); and
2. The Workforce Development Consortium Agreement between the CLEOs and the Local Workforce Development Board (Attachment 2).
BACKGROUND: The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) will sunset on June 30, 2015 and will be replaced by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) on July 1, 2015. On March 20, 2015, Alexandria City Mayor and Arlington County Board Chair co-signed a letter to Virginia's Governor requesting that Local Workforce Investment Area 12 (LWIA 12) which is comprised of Arlington County and the City of Alexandria remain intact under WIOA. WIOA will require that the consortium renew their partnership and their partnership with the Workforce Development Board, by signing new MOU agreements. The first agreement is the CLEO Agreement between the City of Alexandria and Arlington County and the second is the Workforce Development Consortium Agreement between the CLEO and the Local Workforce Development Board.
The WIA was established in 1998 with the purpose of co-locating all federally fun...
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