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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
LOCAL WORKFORCE AREA-WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution, the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 ILCS 220/1 et seq., and other applicable law permit and encourage units of local government to cooperate with and support each other in the exercise of their authority and the performance of their responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 12-O25 adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners ("County Board") on June 5, 2012, the County of Cook (the "County") entered into certain agreements related to the consolidation of workforce development efforts with the City of Chicago (the "City") and the under the Federal Workforce Investment Act (the "WIA"); and
WHEREAS, workforce development efforts previously funded under the WIA are now funded under the Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the regulations issued thereunder (as amended, supplemented, modified or replaced, collectively, the "WIOA"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to ordinance 16-5320 adopted by the County Board on October 5, 2016 the County entered into certain agreements (the "WIOA Agreements") related to the continued collaboration regarding workforce development efforts of the County and the City under the WIOA; and
WHEREAS, one of the WIOA Agreements is an agreement (the "Fiscal Agent Agreement") pursuant to which the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (the "President") and the Mayor of the City of Chicago (the "Mayor") designated the Chicago-Cook Workforce Partnership as the grant subrecipient and fiscal agent for federal WIOA funds; and
WHEREAS, the President and the Mayor intend to continue collaboration regarding workforce development efforts under WIOA; and
WHEREAS, legislative approval of certain intergovernmental agreements consistent with the continuing collaboration regarding local workforce development efforts is in the best interests of the Co...
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