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Joint resolution to enter into an agreement with Advance Coating Solutions, for an Incumbent Worker Training Grant for a total cost of $28,265.01.
Staff Summary
• Advance Coating Solutions has expressed interest in the incumbent worker training program. Advance Coating Solutions is located in Libertyville, has been doing business since 2007, has 3 employees; and is a provider of specialized epoxy coating and finishing for residential and commercial customers.
• After consultation with Advance Coating Solutions, a training curriculum was provided to train the employees utilizing the in-class and on-the-job training instructions model for a total of 160 training hours per person as Epoxy Installers, in the areas of hazardous material handling, tools/ instruments and processes to perform this occupation.
• The state policy requires that an employer with 50 or less employees show 10% of the cost of the training. The policy also states that employee wages & fringes can be used to off-set the employer match without employer having to pay additional funds out of pocket. The total cost of training is $28,265.01. Lake County Workforce Development will reimburse $28,265.01 and the company will provide employee hourly wages of $2,826.50 to show for their portion of the match. Cost per employee is $9,421.67 for 160 hours training for each employee.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Policy Letter #05-11 Incumbent Worker Training, the state has received a waiver until June 30, 2010 from the Department of Labor to allow local Workforce Investment Act grant funds to be used to conduct incumbent worker training; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Workforce Investment Board has modified Lake County’s Workforce Investment Act grant to permit incumbent worker training; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Workforce Development Department wishes to enter into an agreement with Advance Coating Solutions for the purpose of conducting incumbent worker training for 3 Advance Coating Solutions workers; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Lake County Workforce Development Department is hereby authorized to enter into an Agreement with Advance Coating Solutions in the amount of $28,265.01 for the purpose of training 3 incumbent workers charging the costs thereof to account #750-4042040-72680-000-000-000-WDSTM.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 13, 2010.