1. CEO Report Board Meeting 8-16-2017 BCEO Meeting 8-24-17
Finished Budget after getting final figures in July from the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development (OOWD)
New funding increased $594,462.00
Carry over decreased $267,221.00
Increased Adult client funds $328,229.00
Increased Youth client funds $265,459.00
Must spend 40% of all adult program funds on defined training activities
Must spend 20% of youth program funds on work related activities

2. Memorandums of Understanding
Required to have these finished by June 30
State published policy on June 23
State has supplied a consultant to negotiate with some of our required partners in an effort to have all signed
Currently lacking 11 out of 30
Must be signed to certify our workforce centers

3. Workforce Center Certification
Required to be completed by June 30
State issued policy on June 23
Can’t work on certifying our own centers
Entered into agreement with South Central and Southern to certify each other’s centers
All have to be completed by August 31
Bill, Yolanda and I are working on that task

4. Board Members
First and foremost, my thanks to Jeff Cover and Perry Snead who did not miss a meeting last year
We will be adding new members this month
New members will represent both geographical areas and industry sectors that were under represented.
Tara Crowley of Gibson's in Cleveland County was added in June by the Elected Officials
Five (5) more business representatives and Warren Griffis of the Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs will be placed on the BCEO agenda for appointment next week
That will move the Board back to 39 members with room for one more business representative

5. Strategic Planning Session
Joint session with board members, board of chief elected officials (BCEO) and partners participated in a facilitated visioning session on June 27, 2017
Eleven topics were suggested to be considered and eight were finalized
We discussed current state, future/goal status, critical success factors, barriers and resources needed
Three were considered as immediate and the rest were placed in a pending status

6. Immediate Topics Lack of Work Habits
What Specific Skills Sets Are Missing and How to Remedy
Employer Engagement

7. Pending Topics Hire for Education/Hire for Experience
Services Not Aligned
Board Member Roles and Responsibilities
Align Education with Business Needs for the Emerging Workforce
Technology Needed to Improve Services
The entire document is on the web site and the business survey conducted to start the conversation

8. Additional Comments
Been approved for three part-time Americorps volunteers, all of whom will work on engaging with additional volunteers for projects, each scheduled for 19 hours weekly
Have renewed all of the business insurance coverages for the year.
Includes Directors and Officers as well as Professional Grant Writers and added EPLI as well as cyber security
Board members will be required to sign a conflict of interest statement

9. Comments Cont’d
We are maintaining our current employee fringe package. Most of the coverages went up a very small amount except for health insurance which increased by 12.86%. Covered in the budget
Have completed the laundry list for our auditors
Submitted a bid to help the new Western Oklahoma Board hire staff and conduct the process for service provision and one stop operator
Hoping that after center certification we can focus on policy development as the state issues their direction on a variety of items

10. Cont’d
With the 40% rule on programmatic expenditures, we will have to monitor that on a monthly basis. Our budget figures have us planning on spending 49%
We will have to spend more on administration than previous years because of this rule.
What we need to ensure is that we are spending wisely and not just to meet an arbitrary figure.
We will focus on quality training at the best price, that leads to good job placement opportunities