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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT • to implement the WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT The purpose of this agreement is to create a Consortium of Chief Local Elected Officials (CLEOs) to set forth the process, procedures, and responsibilities for implementing the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) in the City of Charlottesville and the Counties of Albemarle, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange, and Rappahannock. The WIA requires Chief Local Elected Officials (CLEOs) to take certain responsibilities and actions which are enumerated in this document and to form a working relationship with the Workforce Investment Board. Area covered: The localities named above have been grouped together and approved a:; a WIA area by the Governor of Virginia. Consortium of CLEOs formed: By this agreement, the Chief Local Elected Officials form a consortium for the purpose of implementing the tasks and performing the continuous oversight responsibilities set forth in the WIA. Administration: The local governments have named the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC) as the administrator, working with the Rappahannock Rapidan Regional Commission (RRRC). • Grant recipient: The City of Charlottesville will be the grant recipient. Fiscal Agent: The Thomas Jefferson Planning District will be the Fiscal Agent for WIB funds. The TJPDC will make monthly financial reports to the Consortium, in writing. The audit will be conducted with the TJPDC audit, according the requirements of all OMB and federal regulations. Responsibility for use of funds and implementation of the WIA: Under the WIA the final responsibility for use of the federal WIA funds and for carrying out the tasks set forth in the P11A rests with the CLEOs. The CLEOs, as a Consortium, shall enter into a contract with the TJPDC to perform certain tasks on behalf of the Consortium. Liability insurance for the CLEOs will be provided out of the administrative funds. Prior to distribution of any funds under the WIA, the TJPDC will obtain such liability insurance naming each of the local governments and CLEOs forming the Consortium as additional insured. Coverage shall be no less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 in the aggregate. A certificate evidencing such insurance coverage shall be distributed to each of the named CLEOs at the inception of this Agreement. Task One: The first task of the Consortium of CLEOs is to create the Workforce Investment Board. Workforce Investment Board (WIB): The activities of the WIA are carried out by a WIB appointed by the CLEOs. The composition of the WIB is mandated in the Act. The WIA requires •51% of the appointees be from private sector business and industry. The remaining 49% are Inter -Local Agreement Page 1 of 6 Workforce Investment Act (\\TJPDC_SERVER\SHARED\WIA\Agreements\Interlocal-revised.doc)