Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2016-7124

• Record #: SO2016-7124
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/14/2016
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Workforce Development and Audit
• Final action: 10/5/2016
• Title: Agreements in conjunction with Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Miscellaneous

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/6/2016		Office of the Mayor	Signed by Mayor
10/5/2016	34274	City Council	Passed as Substitute	Pass
10/4/2016		Committee on Workforce Development and Audit	Recommended to Pass	Pass
10/4/2016		Committee on Workforce Development and Audit	Substituted in Committee
9/14/2016	29692	City Council	Referred

SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the Illinois Constitution and the Illinois Governmental Cooperation Act empower and encourage units of local government to associate amongst themselves; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the City Council ("City Council") of the City of Chicago (the "City") on June 6, 2012 and published at pages 28383-28484 of the Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of such date, the City entered into certain agreements related to the consolidation of workforce development efforts of the City and the County of Cook (the "County") 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, the Mayor of the City of Chicago (the "Mayor") and the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (the "President") intend to continue collaboration regarding workforce development efforts under WIOA; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the President intend to continue to designate the Chicago-Cook Workforce Partnership (the "Partnership") as the grant subrecipient and fiscal agent for federal WIOA funds; 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 City and its residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. All of the recitals above are expressly adopted as legislative findings of the City Council and are incorporated herein and made hereby a part of this Ordinance.

SECTION 2. The City Council hereby approves, and the Mayor is authorized to execute on behalf of the City, subject to the approval of the Corporation Counsel as to form and legality, an agreement between the Mayor a...