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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Cook County Department of Facilities Management, Painters' District Council #14, International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades ("Painters' District Council #14") and the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center ("JTDC") have been working to devise and implement a Pre-Apprenticeship Program for a limited number of JTDC Residents; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Facilities Management and the Painters' District Council #14 desire to enter into a Side Letter of Agreement to allow for the implementation of a Pre-Apprenticeship Program; and
WHEREAS, said Pre-Apprenticeship Program will consist of a 160 hour program per 12 month period, subject to further authorization and direction by JTDC through a Memorandum of Understanding to be executed by JTDC, Department of Facilities Management and Painters' District Council #14; and
WHEREAS, said Pre-Apprenticeship Program ("Program") is designed to offer a certain number of JTDC Residents approved by the JTDC with the opportunity to be instructed in the basics of painting while detained at the JTDC; and
WHEREAS, JTDC Residents authorized as Program participants will learn craft skills, project management, safety equipment standards as well as the use of tools of the trade in a supervised environment; and
WHEREAS, Painters' District Council #14 has agreed to provide Program participants who successfully complete the Program if implemented with three (3) days credit toward an apprenticeship if the JTDC Resident/Program participant were to obtain an apprenticeship in the future, along with a corresponding certificate of training; and
WHEREAS, said Program if implemented may be terminated at any time at the direction of the County or at the request of JTDC.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby authorize the Department of Facilities Management and the Cook County Bureau of Human Resou...
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