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Home My WebLink AboutPR 15242: EDC/SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMinteroffice MEMORANDUM To: Mayor, From: Floyd Date: May 1, Subject: P. R. City Council, Batiste, CEO 2009 City Manager No. 15242; Council Meeting of May 5, 2009 Attached is P. R. No. 15242 pertaining to authorizing the City of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation to use funds approved by the City Council from the PAEDC On-The- Job Training Program to supplement the wage for Port Arthur Summer Youth Employment Participants enrolled by the Texas Workforce Solutions and the payment of wages not to exceed $9.00 per hour for 10 Port Arthur college students with a minimum 2.5 grade point average. FB:cv:ts Attachment z.pr15242_memo_edc_summer youth Port Arthur Economic Development Co oration Memo To: Dr. Albert Thigpen, Dire~ct/o~r°of~Human Resources Flom: Floyd Batiste, CEC~ -/ CC: Steve Fitzgibbons, City Manager pate: Apri120, 2009 Re: SummerYOUth Employment The PAEDC has been working closely with Texas Workforce Solutions to find a way to assist our companies with the training and hiring of total residents as well as fnding job placement for our community. The current unemployment rate is high in our community and it is pertine~uno plo b rmome job seekers in positions where they will be trained and in turn will be given the oppo ty possible permanent employees, this can be achieved partly through the Summer Youth Employment Program through Workforce Solutions. The EDC currently has $75,000 set aside for the On-The-Job Training Prograamanthe creation of permanent ~iees, because o~ the appfcationoprocess, 2 hlas b teen moving slolwly~ The EDC Board of Directors will be considering at their regular board meeting this evening, the use of a portion of the OJT Program funds for the supplementing of the Summer Youth Employment Program. Texas Workforce Solutions and the PAEDC will be working together in placing youth in various positions within our companies. TWS will be paying the wages for the youth up to a certain amount. The EDC would like to supplement these wages to meet the starting pay for the company they will be placed in up to $g.00. This will greatly assist our companies in off-setting some of the costs of training new hires. Because of the required eligibility guidelines set by the Texas Workforce Solutions for the Summer Youth Employment participants, there are many job-seekers who will notment of war tes u r~o $9.00 for EDC would also like to use a portion of the OJT Funds to provide full pay 9 P a possible ten participants who will not qualify through TWS and are college students with a minimum 2.5 grade point average. They would also be temporary employees working through the summer. The EDC's purpose far targeting this sector is to provide, a handson experience for these students in their specific career fields. We strongly feel that this is a great opportunity to put our community back to work as well as an opportun'Ay to assist our local companies at this time of economic stress. Please call our office if you have any questions. kv y ~~ W/ ,J SUMMER PROGRAM: MPANY HOURLY PAY RATE: ra rcaie $9.00 ~""" x 320 = ""--- $2,880.00 x 40 _ $115,200.( 0 ( ) TWC PAY RATE: $8.00 x 320 = $2 560.00 x 40 . = $102,40 00 800 = $12 PAEDC PAY RATE: $1.00 x 320 = $320.00 x 40 . , MER YOUTH PROGRAM: 00 $9 x 320 = $2,880.00 x 10 = $28,800.00 PAEDC PAY RATE: . \,.,1 21 - $33,400.00 P. R. No. 15242 05/01/09 cv/ts RESOLIITION NO. A RESOLIITION AIITHORIZING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHIIR SECTION 4A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO IISE FIINDS APPROVED BY THE CITY COIINCIL FROM THE PAEDC ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAM TO SIIPPLEMENT THE WAGE FOR PORT ARTHIIR SIIMMER YOIITH EMPLOYMENT PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED BY THE TSRAS WORKFORCE SOLIITIONS AND THE PAYMENT OF WAGES NOT TO EBCEED $9.00 PSR HODR FOR 10 PORT ARTHIIR COLLEGE STIIDENTS WITH A MINIMIIM 2.5 GRADE POINT AVERAGE. WHEREAS, at the December 2, 2008 meeting, the City Council authorized Resolution No. 08-465 which allowed the City of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation (the "PAEDC") to implement an on-the-job training program; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the program was to provide reimbursements to employers to compensate for their extraordinary cost associated with skills upgrade training for full-time employees of the company; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the PAEDC proposes using funds from the PAEDC on-the-job training program to supplement the wages of Port Arthur youths employed through the Texas Workforce Solutions and to establish a program for 10 Port Arthur College students with a minimum of 2.5 grade point average to place them in jobs to provide their wages and to place them with jobs matching their career goals; and z.pr15242_edc_sununer youth program WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the PAEDC plans its corporate summer college intern program to have the following goals: 1. To familiarize the local employers with the bright young talent coming out of our high schools who are now in college. 2. To allow our youth the opportunities to test drive a career path they may have chosen. 3. To retain our local talent here in Port Arthur, Texas. and WHEREAS, the PAEDC summer college intern program will provide a unique opportunity for youth who already possess job-related skills and the knowledge to "learn as they earn"; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the PAEDC will establish the guidelines for applications and the placement of 10 Port Arthur College students with a minimum of 2.5 grade point average with employers who may have job opportunities in the fields of study of the students participating in the summer college intern program. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THS CITY COIINCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHIIR, TEBP,S: Section 1. That the facts and opinions in the preamble are true and correct. Section 2. That the City Council hereby authorizes the PAEDC to use funds approved by the City Council from the PAEDC on- the-job training program to supplement the wage for Port Arthur summer youth employment participants enrolled by the Texas workforce Solutions and the payment of wages not to exceed $9.00 z.pr15242_edc_summer youth program per hour for 10 Port Arthur college students with a minimum 2.5 grade point average to participate in the summer college intern program to be established by the PAEDC with the total EDC funds not to exceed $28,800 on this project. Section 3. That the participating companies will sign a letter agreement that they will allow the interns an opportunity to learn about new career and vocational opportunities in a form to be approved by the EDC Board of Directors. Section 4. That a copy of the caption of this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the City Council. READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of A.D., 2009, at a Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas, by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Councilmembers NOES: MAYOR ATTEST: CITY SECRETARY z.pr15242_edc_summer youth program APPROVED: PAEDC CEO APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY AS TO THS AVAILABILITY OF FIINDS: DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER z.pr15242_edc_summer youth program