1. CEO Report Board Meeting 8-15-2018 BCEO Meeting 8-23-2018
Personnel Consulting
All staff were interviewed in July as to comparing actual duties to their job descriptions
Sent proposed job description for Compliance and Policy Analyst to be included in review
Expect initial report before the end of September regarding job descriptions and compensation study

2. Customer Centered Approach to Center Operations
All focus groups to be conducted by August 31, 2018
Will use data from groups to create a survey instrument that will be broadly administered to increase the sample size
Design team will start meeting early in September and finish by the middle of October
Conducting additional interviews with Community Based organizations; Hispanic Chamber, Center for Employment Opportunities, City Care, Dale Rogers Training Center, Office of Juvenile Affairs and Homeless Alliance

3. Budget Comparison PY17 to PY18
Decreased the Board’s budget by $30,700.00
Total Budget available increased from $5,007, to $5,048,451.00
Adults/DLW; increased funding for occupational training, OJT and supportive services
Youth; increased funding for Work Experience and Training Services
Budget calls for 53.3% of the Adult/DLW programmatic funds to be spent on training. State requirement is 40%.
Carry-over for next year has been reduced by $244,848.00
Will need to start planning on some alternative scenarios to cover reduced funding in PY19

4. New Fiscal Agent Agreement
Signed agreement with the Western Oklahoma Workforce Development Area to be their fiscal agent as of July 1, 2018.
Projected to bring in an additional $42, over this year. This will replace some of the Board’s budget cost and free up funding for programmatic items.
Believe we can handle this with existing staff
Rosaland has been instrumental in helping bring their fiscal matters up-to-date

5. Additional items
In process of reviewing 401(k) options for staff. Will be making a recommendation of changing contracts next month
Have started reviewing all of our insurance programs provided to staff.
Have signed commitment to change vision providers
We will be switching to state plan to offer greater variety of options for staff while reducing cost to COWIB
Last option to consider is new vendor for Short and Long Term Disability
All of the changes will benefit staff and COWIB