DEPARTMENT: Employment and Economic Assistance
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Grant Agreement For State Dislocated Worker Program Services And Execute Related Contracts
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires each Workforce Development Area (WDA) to submit an annual plan describing how employment and training services will be provided to eligible program participants; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 23-302 (July 18, 2023), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized the execution of a grant agreement with DEED for employment and training programs in the Dakota-Scott WDA for the State Dislocated Worker (DW) program in the amount of $1,384,786 for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, based on the allocation formula used by DEED, and execution of contracts with DEED Job Service and HIRED for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the funding allocation for the State DW program for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, is $1,407,141 ($1,066,613 Dakota County; $340,528 Scott County); and
WHEREAS, a Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued on March 1, 2024, in which one joint proposal was received from HIRED/DEED Job Service for services; and
WHEREAS, on June 21, 2024, the Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board approved the execution of the grant agreement with DEED in an amount not to exceed $1,407,141 and execution of contracts with DEED Job Service and Hired for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes execution of a grant agreement with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) to provide State Dislocated Worker (DW) Program Services in an amount not to exceed $1,407,141 for the period of June 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes execution of a contract with DEED in an amount not to exceed $200,000 and with HIRED in an amount not to exceed $200,000 for the period of June 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That unless the grant program requirements change, the Community Services Director is hereby authorized to amend the grant to extend the grant term up to two years after initial expiration date, accept additional grant funds, and continue grant-funded full-time equivalents, consistent with County contracting policies, and inclusion of grant funds in future yearly Recommended and Approved Budgets, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Community Services Director is hereby authorized to amend said contracts, consistent with the amount budgeted, to alter the contracts amount and the contracts term up to one year after initial expiration date, consistent with County contracting policies, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the contracts shall contain a provision that allows the County to immediately terminate the contracts in the event sufficient funds from county, state, or federal sources are not appropriated at a level sufficient to allow payment of the amounts due.
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