GREAT WESTERN RECLAMATION, INC. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL PART 2

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Pg. 2 WHAT IS THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP? Santa Ana Private Industry Council Members are appointed for two (2) year terms. Terms of individual members are staggered so that there is continuity of experience guiding the Private Industry Council. Please note that some of the initial appointments to the Santa Ana Private Industry Council are for one year only to ensure that the proper alignment of membership terms occurs. WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SANTA ANA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL? In partnership with the Santa Ana City Council, the Private Industry Council provides policy guidance and conducts oversight activities of the job preparation and business programs within the scope of a Citywide "Job Training Plan" . Specific functions of the Council include: - Determine procedures for the development of the Job Training Plan. - Establishing eligibility and service priorities. - Determine types of services and training to be provided. - Determine the industries and occupations for training. - Establish criteria for content and quality of training. - Survey local employment needs and local economic conditions. Staffing to assist the Private Industry Council in accomplishing its tasks is provided by the Santa Ana Employment Services Office. WHY SHOULD I PARTICIPATE IN THE SANTA ANA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL? The City of Santa Ana is a dynamic growing City both in terms of its population and economic development. The City Council is dedicated to serving and improving the quality of life for those living and working in the City. This can best be accomplished with active involvement from those persons and business that will be affected by the programs. Following is an excerpt from the Family Economic Security Act which succinctly describes this philosophy: "Recognizing that government-sponsored job preparation, training and placement services form a unique juncture of public sector responsibilities and private sector interests, it is only with the proper alignment of these responsibilities and interest that there will beachieved the critical goals of economic growth, improved work force productivity and deterence of family dependency on public funds. Therefore, in order for economically disadvantaged persons to obtain and retain private sector employment, it is essential that government and the private sector enlist in a cooperative partnership to provide such persons with appropriate job training to the extent that there are a reasonable number of jobs available in the community. To be successful, such training must be designed and administered at the local level fn close cooperation with local private sector employers, labor unions, vocational educators, recipient organizations, legal service organizations for the poor, and other officials, and in accordance with the unique economic conditions and employment needs of each locality."