HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-80-0596RESOLUTION NO. 8 0- 5 9 6
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO AMEND EXISTING PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES CONTRACTS FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS IN
BASIC EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AND ENGLISH AS
A SECOND LANGUAGE WITH (1) MIAMI-DADE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE; (2) GARCES COMMERCIAL
COLLEGE, INC.; (3) CHARRON WILLIAMS COLLEGE,
INC.; (4) MTI SCHOOL, INC., AND (5) DATAMERICA
INSTITUTE, INC., FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVID-
ING PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SERVICES FOR
ADDITIONAL CITY OF MIAMI CETA TITLE IID PARTI-
CIPANTS WITH FUNDS ALLOCATED THEREFOR IN A
TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $78,858 FROM THE
SOUTH FLORIDA EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
CONSORTIUM FUNDS.
WHEREAS, the South Florida Employment and Training Consortium
has provided the Ci•:y of Miami with an additional 350 CETA Title
IID slots to he filled primarily by recent refugees and persons
unemployed in areas of civil disorders; and
WHEREAS, portions of these funds have also been provided for
professional training services in the areas of Basic Employability
Skills and English as a Second Language as priority training areas
for the remaining months of this financial year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami is desirous of providing this
employment and training opportunity to eligible persons residing
within the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed
to amend existing Professional Services Contracts for Basic Employ-
ability Skills and English as a Second Language with (1) Miami -Dade
Community college dated May 27, 1980; (2) Garces Commercial College,
Inc. dated May 27, 1980; (3) Charron Williams College dated May 5,
1980; (4) MTI School, Inc. dated May 27, 1980 and (5) Datamerica
Institute, Inc. dated May 5, 1980, to provide professional train-
ing services for additional City of Miami CETA Title IID partici-
pants in a total amount not to exceed $78,858 with funds hereby
allocated from the South Florida Employment and Training Consortium
funds to cover the cost of said Contracts.
CITY COMMISSION
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Section 2. The amendments to the said Professional Services
Contracts shall increase the maximum amounts expendable, as
follows:
INSTITUTION
Miami -Dade Community
College
Garces Commercial
College, Inc.
Charron Williams
College, Inc.
MTI School, Inc.
Datamerica
Institute, Inc.
AMOUNT OF
PROGRAM
INCREASE
Basic Employability
Skills
$30,000
English
as a
Second
Language
15,813
English
as a
Second
Language
12,270
English
as a
Second
Language
11,500
English
as a
Second
Language
90275
$78,858
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24_ day of July, 1980.
ATTEST:
ALPH G. ONGIE
TY CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
JO J. , PEL , JR.:
'-ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
APP AS TO RRECTNESS:
GEO GE . KNOX JR.
CITY AT ORNEY
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MAURICE A. FERRE
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Joseph R. Grassie
City Manager
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Robert D. Krause
Dir""tor
'Depa-rtment of Human Resources
July 16, 1980
CETA Training -
Contracts Amendment
Proposed Resolution
It is recommended that existing pro-
fessional services contracts for
English as a Second Language and
Basic Employability Skills be amended
to provide training programs in an
amount not to exceed a total cost of
$78,858.00 for 350 additional CETA
Title IID participants as per the
attached Resolution.
The U.S. Department of Labor and the South Florida Employment and
Training Consortium have provided the City of Miami with an addi-
tional 350 Title IID slots under CETA for the period ending
December 31, 1980. These constitute an emergency allocation to
the City. Even though they will provide jobs for less than six
months, we are required to provide Basic Employability Skills
training for all participants and English Language training for
recent refugees from Cuba and Haiti. The training requirements
and needs for these participants dictate that training programs be
implemented immediately, both to improve their employability and
to satisfy Federal requirements.
Because of the very short period of time available to implement
this program, it is proposed to have the necessary training
programs provided under existing professional services contracts.
To do this would require amendments to existing contracts in an
amount not to exceed $78,858.00.
Existing contracts would be amended primarily as follows:
1. Miami -Dade Community College would be asked to
provide Basic Employability Skills Training,
since MDCC is the only school with a formal
program of this type.
2. Other schools would be asked to provide English
Language Training approximately in proportion
to their current enrollment.
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