AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Meeting Date:           September 24, 2007

From:                          Paul Kalv, Electric Director

Subject:                      Resolution applying for and accepting Grant Funding from WorkForce Central Florida, Inc.

Staff Recommendation:

Staff recommends approval to apply for and accept grant funding, if our application is approved, from WorkForce Central Florida, Inc., for  $2,262.59 for fifty percent of the tuition expense for four electrical workers enrolled in the Apprentice Lineman Educational Program.

Analysis:

In the past, the City has fully funded the educational expenses for electrical workers enrolled in the Apprentice Lineman Program administered by the Lake Sumter Community College. This will be the second year the City has applied for grant funding.

Options:

1.  Approval to apply for and accept funding, if approved, from WorkForce Central Florida, Inc. 

2.  Such alternative action as the Commission may deem appropriate.

Fiscal Impact: 

The City intends to send four apprentice linemen to the training program at a total cost of $4,525.18, which is included in the current budget.  If awarded, the grant will pay 50% of the total cost of the training ($2,262.59).

Submission Date and Time:    9/24/2007 11:49 AM9/19/2007 3:59 PM____

Department: __Electric______________ Prepared by:  __Connie Lambert______                      Attachments:         Yes_ _X    No ______ Advertised:   ____Not Required __X____ Dates:   __________________________                      Attorney Review :       Yes___  No _X___ _________________________________            Revised 6/10/04

Reviewed by: Dept. Head _Paul Kalv_ Finance  Dept. __________________                                    Deputy C.M. ___________________                                          Submitted by: City Manager ___________________

Account No. _041-1062-531-5450__ Project No. _415880____________ WF No. ______________________ Budget  ____$12,000.00__________ Available ___$12,000.00 _________

RESOLUTION NO._______________

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA APPLYING FOR AND ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDING, IF APPROVED, FROM WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC. FOR FIFTY PERCENT  OF THE TUITION EXPENSE FOR FOUR ELECTRICAL WORKERS ENROLLED IN THE APPRENTICE LINEMAN PROGRAM AT LAKE SUMTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA:

            THAT the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute an agreement with WorkForce Central Florida, Inc., whose address is 1097 Sand Pond Road, Suite 1009, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, for matching funds for the Electric Department’s Apprentice Lineman Educational Program, not to exceed $2,262.59

 THAT this resolution shall become effective immediately.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Leesburg, Florida, at a regular meeting held the __24th___ day of __September_______ 2007.

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                                                                             Mayor

ATTEST:

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City Clerk