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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10111988 - IO.1 ,. -. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS I .O. 1 Fes• INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Cwtra October 10, 1988 r"W�t DATE:SUBJECT; \J`.""' "J Appointments to the Private Industry Council SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Reappoint to the Private Industry Council (PIC) the following County Chamber of Commerce nominees for two-year terms expiring September 30, 1990. Business Category Barbara Shaw, Owner Barbara Shaw Seminars, Lafayette William Mazotti, Vice President Gas & Technical Services Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. , San Francisco Uda Johnson, Manager Human Resource Development Retraining Bank of America, San Francisco Steven Giacomi, Owner/Developer The Giacomi Group, Lafayette Julie Croce, Assistant Vice President Wells Fargo Bank, Walnut Creek Rehabilitation Category Robert Mathews, District Administrator State Department of Rehabilitation, Pleasant Hill Nominated by the State Department of Rehabilitation Economic Development Thomas L. LaFleur, Executive Vice President Pittsburg Economic Development & Housing Development Corp. Nominated by the Pittsburg Economic & Housing Development Corp. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; x YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X_ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE _ APPROVE OTHER -' SIGNATURE(S): Sunne lel. McPeak (]O8 Tom rl akson ACTION OF BOARD ON October , 19APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE/ SHOWN. p cc: County Administrator ATTESTED �i�/ //. 11980 Auditor-Controller Exec. Director, PIC PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Each Appointee SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY ,DEPUTY M382/7-83 Page 2 2. Appoint to the Private Industry Council for two-year terms expiring September 30, 1990: Education Category Ina Rae Lapum 2062 Stratton Road Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Labor Category John Allen Treasurer/Chair Board of Trustees Contra Costa County Employees Assoc. , Local #1 Martinez, CA Nominated by Contra Costa County Employees Assoc. , Local #1 BACKGROUND: See attached memo from Art Miner, Executive Director, Private Industry Council. Our Committee has carefully reviewed the recommendations of staff and the qualifications of the nominated candidates, as well as the distribution and balance of the P.I .C. Based on this review, we believe that the above recommendations will provide the best possible balance to the P.I.C. , retain qualified and interested members, and improve the geographic and ethnic balance of the P.I .C. , and we urge the Board to approve our recommendations. There is still one vacant "business" category seat for which we wish to interview two of the applicants before making a recommendation to the Board. The choice between the two education applicants was particularly difficult because both applicants (Ina Rae Lapum and Sylvester Greenwood) are extremely well qualified. We have decided to continue the tradition of having a representative from the Community College District on the Private Industry Council Ms. Lapum replaces Chancellor Carhart on the P.I .C. We specifically want the Executive Director of the P.I .C. to utilize Mr. Greenwood' s considerable talents on one of the several special Task Forces that will be formed in the near future to address special programs operated by the P.I .C. CONTRA CnSTA ,CMWrY PRY.,VAT'E,INDUSTRY COUNCEL 2425 *IS90 LAW. SUITE 100 CONCORD, G $4520 446-5229 DATE October 5, 1988 CC: CAO - C.L. VanMarter Supervisor Powers Supervisor Schroder Tp Internal Operations Committee Supervisor Fanden (Sup v isors MMccPeak & Torlakson) A��Mi�^eExecutive Director MOM , Private Industry Council SUBJECT PIC APPOINTMENTS The Board needs to make ten appointments to the PIC for positions whose two year terms expired on 9/30/88. The PIC consists of 20 members of the following composition: Business 12 Community Based Organization 1 Education 2 Economic Development 1 Labor 2 Public Employment Service 1 Rehabilitation 1 The JTPA legislation requires the Board make its appointments from among individuals nominated by organizations represented by each category. The composition of the PIC is subject to review by the Governor, who periodically certifies that our PIC is consistent with Federal and State legislation. State legislation requires PIC vacancies to be filled by the Board within 60 days. In staffs opinion the current PIC is reasonably representative. However, we could use increased Asian and female PIC representation. The PIC has no specific advice for the Board. The general PIC position is that the Board should give consideration to the expertise of incumbents nominated for reappointment; and that the Board should only appoint individuals that are willing to volunteer the necessary time to ensure the PIC remains a viable organization. All current members standing for reappointment have been active PIC members; also all seeking reappointment are eligible under the PIC Bylaws, since none have served three full two year terms. The PIC Chair specifically requests the Board to recognize the value of previous experience .in light of previous program success and with the goal of maintaining PIC member consistency and expertise given the major new dislocated worker program and the charge of coordinating JTPA activities with the GAIN legislation. PAGE TWO 1 � The Board will have a total of 10 appointments from among 21 nominees with the following distribution: NUMBER OF CATEGORY APPOINTMENTS NOMINEES Business 6 16 Education 1 2 Labor 1 1 Economic Development 1 1 Rehabilitation 1 1 REHABILITATION CATEGORY - 1 appointment There is one nomination for the Rehabilitation position - Robert Mathews, District Administrator for the State Department of Rehabilitation. He was nominated by the State and he was also nominated by the Mt. Diablo Rehabilitation Center. His participation has been good and staff is unaware of any reason why the Board should not reappoint him to the PIC. Nominations from 15 rehabilitation agencies were solicited. His personal data sheet is attached. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - 1 appointment There is one nomination for the Economic Development position - Thomas Lafluer, Executive Vice President of the Pittsburg Economic and Housing Development Corporation. Mr. Lafluer has been a very active and influential member of the PIC. He is a resident of Pittsburg and his agency is officed in Pittsburg, giving the PIC needed East County representation. Beside PEHDC, staff solicited nominations from the county and city planning departments. His personal data sheet is attached. LABOR CATEGORY - 1 appointment There is one nomination for the Labor position - John Allen, Treasurer and . Chair of the Board of Trustees, Contra Costa Employees Association, Local # 1. The current incumbent of the other labor position is Anne Crisp, Executive Board Member of AFSCME, Local 2700, AFL-CIO. Interestingly enough, both Mr. Allen and Ms. Crisp are County employees. The vacant position was formally held by Dave Platt, Assistant General Manager of Local #1, who served on the PIC since its inception and was on the CETA Council prior to that. Dave is no longer able to participate on the PIC. Although his seat has been held by a Local #1 representative since its inception, the seat is not assigned to Local #1 and appointment of its incumbent is the purview of the Board. Staff did notify local labor organizations of the opening and that Dave Platt was not pursuing reappointment; they chose not to make a nomination. John Allen, as a member of the Unemployment Resources Task Force, has come to be very knowledgeable of PIC programs. He has displayed an interest in employment issues, particularly youth employment and youth labor force preparation. He should be a fine selection to the PIC. PAGE THREE t EDUCATION CATEGORY - 1 appointment There are two nominations for the Education position, Ina Rae Lapum, Assistant Dean of Instruction, Occupational and Community Education, Diablo Valley College, and Sylvester Greenwood, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent of Schools, Richmond Unified School District. (The current incumbent of the other education position is Dr. Ron Stewart, Contra Costa Superintendent of Schools.) The previous incumbent of this position was John I. Carhart, Community College District Chancellor. Since the initial PIC formation, the Board has traditionally had one educational representative from the Community College District and a representative from the Superintendent of Schools. Although that practice has provided a nice balance, it is not required. We have not had a school district representative. Ina Rae Lapum was formerly a member of the CETA Manpower Advisory Council. She is a female and would increase our female composition from six to seven, closer to 50%. Sylvester Greenwood would increase black representation from two to three. He would also increase our West County member representation from two to three. Either Ms. Lap= or Mr. Greenwood would appear to be sound choices. BUSINESS CATEGORY - 6 appointments The business representatives were nominated by the County Chambers of Commerce, with Walnut Creek compiling the list. Attached is a list of the 16 business nominees, copies of their personal data sheets and endorsements. Five of the current PIC members (Shaw, Mazotti, Johnson, Giacomi, Croce) have been nominated for reappointment. Staff believes the Board would be well advised to seriously consider reappointing all five. They have been active participating members. Their experience will be valuable, particularly for the initiation of the new Displaced Workers Program, and the continuing challenge of maintaining program operations and effectiveness. Barbara Shaw is the past PIC Chair, she has been a very active PIC member, and a strong supporter of the public-private partnership. She was recently selected by the Governor as the outstanding private sector volunteer for California. She is on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Private Industry Councils. William Mazotti is the Chair of the Oversight Committee, he has assumed a leadership role, and is a resident of the San Ramon Valley. Although currently officed in San Francisco, he formerly worked out of the Pittsburg PG&E Plant and is familiar with East County issues. Uda Johnson is the Chair of the Marketing/Economic Development Committee. She has assisted us with Employment Training Panel coordination, she represents a major County employer - the Bank of America, which has been very supportive of our Business Resource Center. Steve Giacomi is the PIC Vice Chair. He was previously the Executive Director of the Pittsburg Housing, Economic & Development Corporation, much of his current development activity is in East County. Julie Croce has assumed more responsibility, she can be expected to be a committee chair next year. She is an active participating member and represents a major employer - Wells Fargo Bank. FACE FOUR Unfortunately there are more excellent candidates than openings. Beside previous PIC expertise, other factors are representation. However, none of the remaining candidates are Asian, the only major minority group not currently . represented. Alita Fisher would increase our female representation, but she notified staff she is too busy to accept a PIC position at this time. Corbett, Elliott, and Roman are all employed in the finance industry; since the PIC already has 3 finance representatives, a fourth might be over representative. Bonilla would perhaps be more appropriate for an educational seat, but he was not nominated by an educational institution. John Matheis is a former CETA PIC member, but his attendance could have been better. Eric Frank is a volunteer small business counselor for the PIC, he is semi-retired but does some private consulting work and was recommended by the Walnut Creek Chamber. David Rossi is an early PIC member who had to resign when he went to work in San Francisco. He has changed employers and would very much like to return. He would now represent small business. Beside reappointment of the five current PIC business members, staff would recommend the Board carefully consider either Eric Frank or David Rossi for the sixth position. ACM:baj