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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO ENTER INTO A SUB-RECIPIENT FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ON BEHALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA’S WOMEN’S ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT, MINNESOTA WOMEN AND HIGH-WAGE, HIGH-DEMAND, NONTRADITIONAL JOBS GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,500.
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CITY PROPOSAL
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are authorized to enter into a sub-recipient funding agreement with the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities on behalf of Lake Superior College, substantially in the form as the attached hereto for services to be conducted in accordance to the terms and conditions set by the Women’s Economic Security Act, Minnesota Women and High-Wage, High-Demand, Nontraditional Jobs Grant Program and master agreement between the city and state of Minnesota department of employment and economic development (“DEED”), funds to be paid from fund no. 268-031-6228-5441 (workforce development, grant division, miscellaneous workforce development grants, other services and charges). Total DEED grant awarded is $141,499 to be utilized by June, 2019.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes city officials to enter into a sub-recipient funding agreement with the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities on behalf of Lake Superior College for employment and training services designed to prepare women and girls of color, women over age 50, and low income women by increasing awareness, exposure, and access to occupations in the skilled trades, and preparing them with the skills needed to enter into employment as carpenters, machine operators, plumbers, pipefitters, sheet metal workers and/or iron workers. This effort is 100% funded from a $141,499 grant the city’s Duluth Workforce Development Department and Work Force Development Board recently received from MN DEED that is to be utilized to provide up to 15 clients with workforce readiness training as machine operations, up to 6 clients to receive training for careers as carpenters and up to 75 clients are to receive experiential tours and related career training for high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional occupations within a 2 year time period.