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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (WDB)

Of Genesee and Shiawassee Counties

Meeting Minutes              

Broome Center

4119 N. Saginaw Street

Flint, MI  48505

Friday, February 22, 2008

8:00 a.m.

 

PRESENT:    Jimmy King, Augustine Agho, Marlene Nicol, Lewis Driskell, Erik Eastman, William Churchill, Jr., Alan Hartter, Sue Howell, Kevin Keane, Vera Perry, Khalil Saab, Cunesha Sanders, Gary Smith

 

ABSENT:  Cheryl Gifford, Robert Hardy (excused), Willie W. Middlebrooks, David Miller (excused), Lawrence E. Moon (excused), Jerry Ragsdale (excused), Duane Zuckschwerdt (excused), Mary Sumpter (excused), Sheryl Thompson (excused)

 

STAFF PRESENT:    Craig Coney, Kim Etheridge, Helen Brown, Tammy Irving, Sharon Bowen, Carol Piesko, Nichole Taylor, Pam Beebe, Tanesha Malone, Eunita Mixon-Wingfield

OTHERS PRESENT: Atty. Peter Goodstein

 

I.                   CALL TO ORDER:  Mr. Jimmy King called the meeting to order at 8:10 a.m. Mr. King introduced  new board members, Dr. Augustine Agho from the University of Michigan-Flint and Mr. William Churchill, Jr. from Flint Glass Services.

II.                PUBLIC COMMENTS (limit 3 minutes):  Mr. Quincy Marshall, President of Genesee County Church of God in Christ Alliance, read a letter of support recommending Mr. Greg Eason for presidency of Career Alliance, Inc.  Ms. Nayyirah Shariff, City of Flint resident, asked for a public forum to meet the potential CEO candidates for Career Alliance Inc.  Mr. Quincy Murphy of the Garfield Bunche Community Service group, asked for the opportunity to meet the candidates for the presidency of Career Alliance, Inc.  Mr. Norm Bryant of the  Citizen Coalition Committee, wants to see what can be done to keep the Broome Center open and to meet the potential candidates for the presidency.  Board member, Ms. Vera Perry asked that interviews are held in the open since the community has to deal with the decision. 

III.             ACTION ITEMS

A.     Approval of WDB minutes of January 25, 2008:  A motion to accept the minutes of January 25, 2008, was made by Mr. Lewis Driskell and supported by Ms. Vera Perry.

MOTION PASSED


IV.              PRESENTATION

Business Solutions for the Educational Component:  Ms. Carol Piesko discussed the Business Solution exploratory meeting held in Shiawassee County. This was attended by Mr. King, Mr. Coney, Ms. Kendrick and Ms. Piesko.

V.                 UPDATES

A.     CEO Search Committee:  Mr. King stated that Mr. Lawrence Moon was conducting the second round of interviews and will bring three finalists back to the full Board.  He stated that they will take the public comments into consideration.   

B.     MDLEG Rehabilitation Services:  Ms. Sue Howell announced that the Rehabilitation Services team is making changes.  She stated Mr. Lewis Adams is retiring and they have a new division director.  She gave an update on the JET collaboration with CAI and DHS.  The importance of the Navigator Grant was also discussed.

 

C.     Department of Human Services:  Mr. Randy Rauch - no report

D.    Mr. George Martini from the Genesee County Controller’s Office gave an update on all of the outstanding and resolved findings.
  

VI.              INTERIM PRESIDENT’S UPDATE:  Mr. Craig Coney stated that an extension until September 30th has been granted to keep the Broome Center open.  He discussed the extensive procurement training CAI staff received.  Approximately 553 local GM employees are going to be offered early retirement or buy-outs.  CAI, in partnership with GM and UAW will assist these individuals with new employment opportunities. He discussed the Microsoft Grant as well as the Job Connection event with the Ford plant.  Career Alliance Inc. staff conducted two monitoring meetings in preparation for the Cycle I Monitoring visit from DLEG.  Mr. Coney welcomed any board member to attend the pre-monitoring event to help them understand the three cycles of monitoring.  He met with Mr. Mike Gaffney who assisted with the budget which was paid for by a grant from the Mott Foundation.  Board members were reminded of the collaboration with Channel 25; Mr. Coney publicly thanked Channel 25 for not reporting anything negative.  He discussed an upcoming collaboration with Goodwill Industries.  Members were asked to reference their Board package as there was information there regarding the Shiawassee Center One Stop move. 

 

VII.           CHAIR’S UPDATE:  Mr. King stated that Mr. Coney’s report from the last Board meeting was sent to each board member. 

VIII.        NEXT MEETING DATE:  Friday, March 28, 2008 

IX.              ADJOURNMENT:  A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Mr. Agho and supported by Mr. Eastman.  Meeting adjourned at 8:55 a.m.

MOTION PASSED

 

 


                                       Kevin J. Keane

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                                                            Mr. Kevin J. Keane

                                                            Secretary

 

 

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