Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2020-2853

• Record #: O2020-2853
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 5/20/2020
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Workforce Development
• Final action: 6/17/2020
• Title: Extension of intergovernmental fiscal agent agreement with Cook County Board of Commissioners for continuation of Chicago-Cook Workforce Partnership through June 2022
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Intergovernmental

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
6/17/2020	18303	City Council	Passed	Pass
6/8/2020		Committee on Workforce Development	Recommended to Pass
5/20/2020	16537	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR

May 20, 2020










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request ofthe Commissioner of Family and Support Services, I transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing an extension of an agreement with the Cook County Workforce Partnership.

Your favorable consideration ofthis ordinance will be appreciated.


Very truly yours.

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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 (the "Journal") 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, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the City Council on October 5, 2016 and published at pages 34274 - 34363 of the Journal of such date, the City entered into certain agreements (the "WIOA Agreements") related to the continued collaboration regarding workforce development efforts of the City and the County under the WIOA; and
WHEREAS, one of the WIOA Agreements is an agreement (the "Fiscal Agent Agreement") pursuant to which the Mayor of the City of Chicago (the "Mayor") and the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (the "President") designated the Chicago-Cook Workforce Partnership as the grant subrecipient and fiscal ...