Governor's Workforce Investment Board

Executive Committee Meeting

April 11, 2002 - Helena, MT

Committee Members Present: Haley Beaudry. Leroy Bingham, Dick Brown, Jerry Driscoll, Lew Grill, Verdell Jackson, Chuck Olson, Gary Willis Committee Members Absent: Becky Erickson, Caroline Brown, Carol Brooker Wendy Keating Staff Present: Desiree Taggart, Emily Haines Guests Present: Kelly Chapman,. Connie Kinsey, Sue Mohr

I. Roll Call - Haley Beaudry called the meeting to order at 10:37 A.M. Roll call was taken and a quorum was established.

II. Review and Approval of Minutes - The committee moved and seconded to approve the minutes of the 1/8/02 meeting.

III. Operating Procedures - The Committee reviewed the Draft Operating Procedures. Items discussed and changes made were:

The committee discussed the regulatory committee's recommendation of changing the name from the Workforce Investment Board to the Workforce Development Board in order to reflect a system thinking versus a programmatic approach of the implied title of Workforce Investment. It was decided to leave the name as is.

The Committee addressed Article Three Membership. Verdell recommended the number of members for the full board remain consistent and members could represent more than one area to keep the numbers consistent. He reminded the Committee that appointments begin again with new membership.

A discussion followed regarding members. It was decided article eleven would not be included in Article three.

The Committee agreed members needed to attend at least 50% of the meeting as stated in Article Four - #3.

The wording in Article Five was changed from "is to are."

The wording in Article Six was changed from "37" to "no more than 10."

A discussion followed concerning emergency meetings, in which the following issues were addressed:

Kelly Chapman and Connie Kinsey of the Department of Labor and Industry explained that due to some Program Operator's interest in issues such as funding, it might not be a good idea to do emergency meetings over phone.
Haley responded he would be willing to make a decision to hold an emergency meeting, if needed, and be responsible for any questions/concerns expressed over the decision.
Leroy suggested emergency decisions could be made and then be ratified by the board at a later date if needed.
Jerry commented that: what if ten people (in#10) decided they did not like the decisions and the board turned them down.
Chuck responded he thought the Governor would be the one that would actually make the decision, so we wouldn't need to make a decision.
Haley explained an emergency meeting would need to be able to be conducted by telephone.

The committee discussed and made changes to the Operating Procedures. A motion was made and seconded at 1:10 to accept with changes.

Mr. Driscoll was now present so the committee revisited the minutes. Jerry moved to adopt the minutes. Motion passed. Leroy refrained from voting since he was not at the meeting.

IV. 11:00 - 11:45 Goals & Strategies

It was explained the consultant following the January State Workforce Board Meeting compiled the goal sheet. Haley asked if the committee was ready to adopt the goals. Leroy made a motion to accept the State Workforce Investment Board Goals for 2002. The decision was made to vote on this issue when Jerry returns.

V. 12:30 - 2:30 Review Committee Structure

Desiree explained the committees were formed based on the State Workforce Board meeting in January. The committees are as follows:

Economic Development & Business Retention Committee

This committee is charged with finding ways to gather data for workforce developers and economic developers. The Office of Economic Opportunity in conjunction with the Governor's Workforce Board will provide "one-time" funding to conduct a survey. Mr. Beaudry cautioned that it is easy to get carried away with surveys and stressed the importance making sure they are focused on getting the data that the companies want and need.

Mr. Leroy Bingham explained that there have been problems with gathering data on the reservations. He requested that he would like to see some reasonable labor market information from the reservations.

Haley suggested perhaps after gathering information and doing research on methods, it might be appropriate to recommend that the Governor bring the problem to the attention of the Western Governor's Association.

Regulatory Committee

Leroy Bingham, Chair of the Regulatory Committee, gave an update on what took place at the Regulatory Committee's meeting on 4/3/02. The primary topics were: 1. Delineating goals and task; 2. Review all requirement of the Workforce Investment Act such as review of the Carl Perkins plan; 3. Incentive Grants 4. Review of the Annual Report to Congress. Additionally, he asked staff to find out if the Governor wants advice/recommendations on how to spend her 10% Discretionary Funds. This set-aside is at the discretion of the Governor however; in the past, the state board has made recommendations to previous Governors

Accountability Committee

Desiree explained the committee has not met yet, but has been formed. This committee's basic charge will be to work with, to engage the entire workforce system in determining system performance measures, and to strive for overall continuous improvement. Haley commented that these are big tasks and large tasks to come up with ideas and ways to measure.

VI. Public Comment

Sue Mohr commended the committee for taking the time to work on the operating procedures. Gary Willis agreed with the importance of comments in regards to generating data for employers. He stressed this was very important and had been needed for a long time.

VII. Establish Next Meeting Date

The next committee meeting will be held Tuesday, July 9, 2002 in Helena.

VIII. 3:00 Adjourn

The meeting adjourned at 2:15 pm.

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