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680 Main St., Dubuque, IA 52001
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May 29, 2012
Mayor Roy Buol and Dubuque City Council Members
c/o Kevin Firnstahl, Dubuque City Clerk
50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Mayor Buol and Dubuque City Council Members:
The Chief Elected Officials (CEO) of IowaWORKS Region 1 is in need of at least
two nominations to fill a vacancy that exists on the Region 1 Workforce Investment
Board (RWIB). Because the RWIB is required to be balanced in terms of gender
and political affiliation, the CEO is seeking to appoint a male who is an Independent
or a Democrat for the current opening. This position has historically been held by a
member of the Dubuque City Council.
The RIWB serves an eight county area (Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware,
Dubuque, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek) and typically meets quarterly in
Elkader. This board provides direct oversight of the Workforce Investment Act
(WIA) programs and also provides input and guidance for a variety of other
workforce programs and initiatives within the region.
If possible, I ask that this request be considered at the council's June 4th meeting. I
have enclosed a formal description of the RWIB and two appointment resumes to be
completed by the interested applicants. Completed resumes may be returned to me
at 680 Main St., Second Floor, Dubuque, IA 52001 or emailed to me at
dave.leary(ciwd.iowa.gov. I will also email copies of this information, along with
my cover letter, to Mr. Firnstahl.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Dave Leary, Region 1 Director
IowaWORKS, Northeast Iowa
Appointment Resume for Regional Workforce Investment Board
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appointment process are available in the Iowa Administrative Code (877 IAC 6.1 -11).
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Board. Provide information about your background including your involvement in community organizations, religious and civic
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Section
4
Regional Workforce Investment Board
The Regional Workforce Investment Board (RWIB), appointed by the Governor in
consultation with the Chief Elected Official (CEO) board, plays a leading role in
establishing policy for the region's Workforce Development Center system The
RWIB also selects the WIA service providers, directs the activities of the Youth
Advisory Council, and shares responsibility for many other duties with the CEO board,
including selection of the Coordinating Service Provider and overseeing the regional
Workforce Development Center system's service delivery See the Roles and
Responsibilities Section for more information regarding the RWIB
RWIB Membership Composition
Each RWIB shall have five voting members from business and five voting members from
labor, and shall include one county elected official, one city official, one representative of a
school district, and one representative of a community college
Members appointed to a RWIB may send an alternate if the member cannot attend a meeting
The alternate shall not have voting privileges or be counted as present for the member in
determining whether or not a quorum is present
The board may appoint ex officio, nonvoting members
The board must solicit periodic, regular and meaningful input from disabled persons, older
workers, regional or local economic development groups, and the region's Workforce
Development Center System Partners To meet this requirement, it is recommended that the
board appoint the following four ex officio members
A disabled person nominated by an organization that represents or serves disabled persons
An older worker nominated by a senior community service employment program service provider
1) An individual nominated by a regional or local economic development organization
An individual nominated by the regional Workforce Development Center partners
If ex officio members representing the four groups identified above are not appointed, the
RWIB must describe an alternate process to gain input from these groups in its Regional
Customer Service Plan
This regional plan must also describe how input will be solicited from other community based
organizations that have an interest in workforce development, provide workforce development
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services in the region and are not a Workforce Development Center system partner, and are
not represented on the RWIB by either a voting or non - voting member
Nomination Process for Voting Members
The following procedures must be used in soliciting nominations for voting members on the
Regional Workforce Investment Board
1) All nominations for members representing business must be made by local or regional
business organizations or trade associations Business representatives should be owners
of businesses, chief executive or operating officers of business and other business
executives or employers with optimum policymaking or hiring authority and represent
businesses with employment opportunities that reflect the employment opportunities of the
region
1) All nominations for members representing labor must be made by appropriate local
federations of labor, union councils, or state federations of labor
2) All nominations for members which represent education must be made by local school
districts or community colleges, respectively
3) All nominations from business, labor and education must be made in writing with the
signed approval of the required nominating organization
4) All nominations for members who are county or city officials shall be made individually or
collectively by the region's county boards of supervisors or mayors and city councils
respectively
The overall membership of the board must be balanced by gender and political
affiliation consistent with Iowa code section 69 16 and 16 16A To the extent possible
the members should represent all counties within a region served by the board and
both voting and non - voting members should represent persons with disabilities,
minorities and older workers of the region
Existing and future RWIB members do not have to be re- nominated unless required to
do so by the CEO board of a region
5) Nominations are valid for an unlimited time period unless the Local Elected Officials of a
region set a specific time limit
Additional Region 8 Requirements
In Region 8, which consists of the counties of Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie,
and Sac, 14 members of the Regional Workforce Investment Board will be selected
cooperatively by the Governor and the CEO board, using the nomination and appointment
processes described above These 14 members of the Regional Workforce Investment Board
will constitute the board required under Chapter 84 of the Code of Iowa
The Region 8 RWIB also must include
At least two representatives of community -based organizations (including
organizations representing individuals with disabilities or veterans, in regions where
such organizations are present),
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2) At least two representatives of economic development agencies,
A representatives of the Workforce Development Center system partners, and
3) Individuals or representatives of other appropriate entities, including entities representing
individuals with multiple barriers to employment and other special populations, as
determined by the Chief Elected Official board
The majority of the Regional Workforce Investment Board members must represent business,
and the chairperson must represent the business sector
Appointment Process
The process for making appointments to the local board is
1) The CEO board or its designee must solicit nominations from the required business, labor,
education, and governmental entities upon notification of a RWIB vacancy
2) The nominating organization must complete and submit the nomination form to the CEO
board
3) The CEO board must submit a list of nominees for a board vacancy to IWD As future
vacancies occur, the CEO board must submit nominations within 45 days of the vacancy
The CEO board must submit at least two nominees for each vacancy to IWD at the
address listed below for the Governor's review
Iowa Workforce Development Center Administration
150 Des Moines Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
Attn Enterprise Development Team
4) The Governor will review the list, add or delete nominees from the list and return the
revised list to the CEO board within 45 days of receipt of the list by the department
5) If the CEO board fails to submit nominations for a vacancy within the 45 -day time period or
fails to reach agreement locally on appointments to the board, the governor may appoint a
person to fill the vacancy
6) The CEO board will review the revised list and make the final selection of a person to fill a
vacancy from the revised list If the revised list of candidates is not acceptable to the
board, the CEO board may submit new candidates to the Governor for consideration and
repeat the process until a candidate is appointed,
6) The CEO board will send an appointment letter to the person selected to fill the vacancy
on behalf of the chief elected officials and the governor within 30 days of receipt of the
revised list and send a copy of the letter to IWD at the above address If the CEO board
fails to submit nominations for a vacancy within the 45 -day time period or fails to reach
agreement locally on appointments to the board, the Governor may appoint a person to
fill the vacancy
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Reappointment Process
The appointment process outlined above shall be used to fill RWIB vacancies However,
RWIB members representing business, labor or education who were originally appointed to
the Regional Advisory Board do not have to be re- nominated as outlined in the Appointment
Process subsection above, unless required to do so by the region's CEO board
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