Minutes of November 22, 1999 Meeting

Delaware Tech Stanton Campus

  1. Welcome: Chairman Sears welcomed WIB members and introduced WIB CEO, Governor Tom Carper. Gov. Carper shared some of his Year 2000 plans for economic development in Delaware, the success of which rely on the important activities of the WIB.
  2. Committee Reports:

  • Policy and Planning - Fred Sears. Mr. Sears reported on the recent activities of his committee, including: the transfer of the development of the funding guidelines to the Proposal Review/Certif. Committee, the draft of which was reviewed by his committee; and the preparation of the MOU between the Governor and the WIB, authorizing the WIB and DOL to administer WIA activities in the state. The Governor and Mr. Sears then signed the MOU in the presence of members and public.

  • Performance Measurement/Customer Satisfaction- Judy Cherry. Ms. Cherry reported that her committee would be reviewing current performance levels for state training programs, in order to develop appropriate WIA outcome standards which encourage continuous improvement. Her committee will also be responsible for the Client Information System, designed to capture WIA customer satisfaction information.

  • Public Relations/Outreach- Lisa Blunt-Bradley. Sec. Bradley shared with the WIB her committee's mission, with its focus on educating employers and current-future employees about available workforce services. She also shared a display of tentative WIB logos, developed by committee member Bob Stickels. Sec. Bradley also informed the WIB of a new monthly television program, "Delaware Works," to be aired on Channel 28. Sec. Bradley will host this program, designed to inform the public about WIB-related services.

  • * Proposal Review/Certification Committee- Duane Wayman. Mr. Wayman discussed the activities of his committee, named the subcommittee members recently added to assist with the workload, and introduced the DET staff who developed the funding guidelines. Mr. Wayman began to review the funding guidelines as distributed to the Policy and Planning Committee November 18. After some discussion re: the distribution of Blue Collar monies, the funding guidelines were approved with the following amendments:

-Article #10 was amended to read, "All Blue Collar funds will be contracted. Up to thirty fifty percent of the Blue Collar Funds will be used for School to Work transition…."

-Article #24 was amended to read,"…in reasonable proportion to the population, and the percentage of poverty level residents recorded in the most recent official census, and the state-generated rate of unemployment.

  • Youth Council-John McMahon. Mr. McMahon reported that the Youth Committee recommended being drafted into the position of the mandated WIA Youth Council, a decision approved by the WIB. The Youth Council had its third meeting just prior to the 11-22-99 Board meeting, and Mr. McMahon reported that Gwen Angalet (DSCYF), Deborah Lightsey (DHSS), Dr. Dennis Loftus (NCCVoTech), and Valerie Woodruff (DOE) had each presented details of their respective department's workforce-related activities, and had plans to further discuss available resources and possibilities for collaboration.
  1. Labor Market Presentation-Dr. George Sharpley, Office of Occupational and Labor Market information. Due to the late hour and inadequate time available for Dr. Sharpley's presentation, it was postponed until a future meeting.
  2. Other Business-No other business was conducted.
  3. Next Meeting- January 28, 2000, 8:30 a.m., DelTech Stanton.