REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Renew Agreement on the Roles and Responsibilities between the NOVA Workforce Board and the Sunnyvale City Council Serving as the Chief Local Elected Official
Report
BACKGROUND
The North Valley (NOVA) Job Training Consortium was formed in 1983 with the passage of the federal Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and encompassed the six cities of Cupertino, Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) that replaced JTPA in 2000, the city of Milpitas requested and was granted permission by the Council to join the now seven-city consortium. For more than thirty years, the Council has served as the Chief Local Elected Official (CLEO) for the NOVA consortium and represents the seven cities through a Joint Powers Agreement. The City assumes all financial liability for the program and functions as the administrative entity for the services offered through NOVA.
The NOVA Workforce Board, appointed by the Council, is the governing board for NOVA and, in partnership with the Council, is responsible for ensuring effective workforce development programs that provide the most beneficial mix of services to all eligible residents and employers of the local workforce investment area and to be the catalyst for active participation of all sectors in the community in the provision of such services. The roles and responsibilities of the NOVA Workforce Board and the Council are defined in a formal agreement between the two, the renewal of which is the subject of this report.
Since its inception, NOVA has been highly successful in providing nationally recognized innovative services for this community's job seekers and businesses. It has consistently demonstrated exemplary performance, registered exceptional ratings in customer satisfaction, and received numerous commendations and awards. Last year, with an operating budget of approximately $7.4 million, NOVA effectively served 5...
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