The Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments (SAMWA COG) Board is comprised of Executive Ilene Shapiro (Summit) and Commissioner Adam Friedrick (Medina). Ohio Local Workforce Area 2’s Chief Elected Officials convene a meeting of the SAMWA COG at least once every calendar year, with additional meetings scheduled as needed. All SAMWA COG Board meetings are open to the public, and will be announced on this page.

 

SAMWA COG Board Meetings

August 10, 2017 – Agenda / Minutes forthcoming

June 28, 2017 – Agenda / Minutes

May 11, 2017 – Agenda / Minutes

March 6, 2017 – Agenda / Minutes

January 25, 2017 – Agenda/Minutes

November 30, 2016 – Agenda / Minutes

 

 

SAMWA COG Resolutions

2017

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2017-32A Resolution authorizing Ohio Local Workforce Area 2’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Fiscal Agent to transfer Administration funding for the purpose of fully expending all of Area 2’s Year 2 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act dollars.View
2017-31A Resolution confirming the award by the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments of a One-Stop Operator Services contract to The WorkPlace for the purpose of providing said services at the OhioMeansJobs Medina County Center, for the period beginning upon full execution of the contract and ending 6/30/2018, with the option to renew said contract for two additional 12-month terms.View
2017-30A Resolution confirming the award by the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments of a One-Stop Operator Services contract to the County of Summit Department of Job and Family Services for the purpose of providing said services at the OhioMeansJobs Summit County Center, for the period beginning upon full execution of the contract and ending 6/30/2018, with the option to renew said contract for two additional 12-month terms.View
2017-29A Resolution authorizing the execution of the documents required to accept the County of Summit’s assignment of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Youth Services Agreements with Akron Community Service Center and Urban League, Inc., Hattie Larlham Community Services, and Tri-County Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates to the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments for the purpose of providing out-of-school and in-and-out of school youth in Summit County with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act services, for the period of 7/1/2017 through 6/30/2018.View
2017-28A Resolution authorizing the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments to execute a Subgrant Agreement with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services for workforce development programming in Ohio Local Workforce Area 2, received by the Council of Governments during State Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 (7/1/2017 to 6/30/2019). View
2017-27A Resolution of the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments appointing Ms. Marquita Mitchell as the representative of a provider administering adult education and literacy activities under Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014.View
2017-26Authorizing the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments to include Goodwill Industries of Akron and the Summit County Developmental Disabilities Board as “Additional Partners” to Ohio Local Workforce Area 2’s State Fiscal Year 2018 Memorandum of Understanding at the Summit County OhioMeansJobs Center pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, Section 121(b)(2).View
2017-25A Resolution authorizing the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments to execute a five (5) year Lease Agreement with Summit Workforce Solutions, Inc. dba ConxusNEO, for the lease of space at 1040 E. Tallmadge Avenue, in the City of Akron, for the term of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2022,for the operation of the One-Stop Employment Center in Summit County, known in the State of Ohio as an OhioMeansJobs Center.View
2017-24Authorizing the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments to execute a four-year Lease Agreement with IRG Reality Investments, dba Gazebo Investments Ltd, for the lease of office space at Courthouse Commons, 60 Public Square, 3rd Floor, in the City of Medina, for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2021, to provide space for the operation of the One-Stop Employment Center in Medina County, known in the State of Ohio as an OhioMeansJobs Center.View
2017-23Confirming the award by the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments of a professional service contract with the United Labor Agency to provide Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Career Services at the OhioMeansJobs Summit County Center for the period of July 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.View
2017-22Confirming the award by the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments of a professional service contract with Tri-County Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates to provide Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Youth Services, under the umbrella of the State of Ohio’s Comprehensive Case Management Employment Program, at the OhioMeansJobs Medina County Center for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.View
2017-21Confirming the award by the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments of a professional service contract with Education Data Systems, Inc., to provide Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Career Services at the OhioMeansJobs Medina County Center for the period of July 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.View
2017-20Adopting the Preliminary Operating Budget for the operation and administration of the public workforce system in Ohio Local Workforce Area 2 for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.View
2017-19Adopting the amended Bylaws of Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments.View
2017-18Appointing the County of Summit Department of Finance and Budget to serve as the Fiscal Agent for the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments and amending the COG bylaws in accordance with this appointment.View
2017-17Authorizing the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments to execute an Interim Administrative Fiscal Functions Agreement to delineate the roles and responsibilities of the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments, the Council’s Fiscal Agent, and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Fiscal Agent, for the period of March 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017.View
2017-16Reappointing the Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board’s Summit County appointees Mr. Jeff Bissell, Ms. Sharlene Chesnes, Mr. Malcolm Costa, Mr. Robert DeJournett, Mr. Mark Derrig, Ms. Michelle Moran, Mr. David Prentice, and Mr. Paul Zimmerman to terms beginning July 1, 2017 and ending June 30, 2019.View
2017-15Authorizing the amendment of the Organizational Documents of the SAMWA COGView
2017-14Adopting the Plan under the Ohio Public Employees Deferred Compensation Program, administered by the Ohio Public Employees Deferred Compensation Board, for participation by eligible employees of the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments. View
2017-13Assuming and paying the statutorily required contribution to the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System by Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments employees, pursuant to Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, for the County of Summit Fiscal Office.View
2017-12Amending: the "Hours Worked" subsection and adding a "Flexible Scheduling" subsection to Section II, "Employment Policies;" the "Overtime" subsection of Section III, "Compensation Policies;" and adding a "Personal Sick Leave" subsection to Section V, "Absence from Work," of the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments Personnel Policies and Procedures. View
2017-11Extending the terms of the Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board’s Medina County representatives Ms. Amy Davin, Ms. Bethany Dentler, Mr. Anthony Esposito, Ms. Jessica Heid, Mr. James Lake, Mr. William Moore, Ms. Joan Pritchett and Mr. Phil Ratcliff to December 31, 2017 so as to comply with the bylaws of the Board.View
2017-10Changing Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board member Ms. Joan Pritchett’s business sector representation due to a change of employer.View
2017-09Appointing Dr. Daryl Revoldt as the representative of an institution of Higher Education to the Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board.View
2017-08Adopting budget reallocation thresholds and purchasing authorities under and within which Ohio Local Workforce Area 2’s Executive Director and the Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board’s Finance Committee may leverage funds and/or adjust budgets.View
2017-07Adopting the Procurement Policies and Procedures for Ohio Local Workforce Area 2.View
2017-06Hiring Ms. Christine Marshall as the Executive Director of the Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board, with a starting date of March 20, 2017.View
2017-05Authorizing the Summit and Medina Workforce Area of Governments to enter into a Political Subdivision Participation Agreement with the County of Summit to provide County of Summit-sponsored health care programs for the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments’ employees.View
2017-04Authorizing the Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments to execute an Administrative Agreement with the Council Fiscal Agent, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Fiscal Agent, and the County of Summit Department of Job and Family Services for the purpose of defining and clarifying how the duties of Council Staff, Area 2’s Fiscal Agents and One-Stop operators will be carried out in a manner consistent with the Act and corresponding regulations.View
2017-03Approving the Personnel Policies and Procedures of Ohio Local Workforce Area 2’s Workforce Development Board (WDB), as related to the WDB’s staff, under the ultimate authority of the SAMWA COG BoardView
2017-02Authorizing the appropriation of to Calendar Year 2016 Workforce Funds in the amount $1,370,103.00, available as of December 31, 2016, to Calendar Year 2017View
2017-01Adopting Area 2's revised Operating Budget as approved in SAMWA COG Resolution 2016-01 for the period of July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017 ("WIOA Program Year 2016") to include a $200,000.00 commitment of Medina County Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 ("WIOA") Adult and Dislocated Worker Program funds for the purpose of providing WIOA Individual Training Account and On-the-Job-Training services in Medina CountyView

 

2016

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2016-02Approving the bylaws of the Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board (“WDB”) to establish and define the responsibilities of WDB members, as these responsibilities relate to the mandated functions of planning, contracting and assessing workforce development programming in Ohio Local Workforce Area 2, under the ultimate authority of the SAMWA COGView
2016-01Authorizing, for the period of July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017 (“WIOA Program Year 2016”): 1) the proposed Ohio Local Workforce Area 2 (“Area 2”) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (“WIOA”) program operating budget for the purpose of providing workforce development services in Summit and Medina Counties, and: 2) the administrative operating budget for Area 2’s Workforce Development Board (“WDB”) to administer the local workforce systemView