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Home My WebLink About1980-02-12City of Huntington Beach P.O. BOX 196 CALIFORNIA 92640 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL Don MacAllister, Mayor Bob Mandic, Mayor Pro Tempore John A. Thomas, Councilmember Ruth Bailey, Councilmember Ron Pattinson, Councilmember Clancy Yoder, Councilmember Ruth Finley, Councilmember Gentlemen: You are hereby notified that a; Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, is called for and will be held in the Council Chamber of the Civic Center, at the hour of 7:30 P.M., on Tuesday, February 12, 1980, for the purpose of discussing Western Institute of Careers, Inc. Dated: February 7, 1980 of Huntington ATTEST: ALI IA M. WENTWORTH, CITY CLERK Deputy City Ter I hereby certify that I received the above notice, "Call for of the City Council ," ,prf6iy tq,�Y3O` ' . M.,-on Monday, February Mayor Councilmember 4��i Councilmember (� Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember cn, cial Meeting MINUTES Council Chamber, Civic Center Huntington Beach, California Tuesday, February 12, 1980 A tape recording of this meeting is on file in the City Clerk's Office Mayor MacAllister called the Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach to order at 7:30 P.M. The pledge of allegiance was led by Councilman Pattinson. ROLL CALL Present: Pattinson, Thomas, Mandic, MacAllister, Bailey, Yoder, Finley Absent: None The City Clerk was directed to enter the Call for Special Meeting in the record. CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL Don MacAllister, Mayor Bob Mandic, Mayor Pro Tempore John A. Thomas, Councilmember Ruth Bailey, Councilmember Ron Pattinson, Councilmember Clancy Yoder, Councilmember Ruth Finley, Councilmember Gentlemen: You are hereby notified that a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, is called for and will be held in the Council Chamber of the Civic Center, at the hour of 7:30 P.M., on Tuesday, February 12, 1980, for the purpose of discussing Western Institute of Careers, Inc. Dated: February 7, 1980 /s/ Don MacAllister Mayor, City of Huntington Beach, Calif. ATTEST: ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, CITY CLERK /s/ _Connie Brockway Deputy City Clerk .I hereby certify that I received the above notice, "Call for Special Meeting of the City Council," prior to 7:30 P.M.. on Monday, February 11, 1980. 197 Page #2 - Council Minutes - 2/12/80 Mayor /s/ Don MacAllister Councilmember s Ronald R. att nson Councilmember s Robert P. Mandic Councilmember sRuth F"inle Councilmember /s C anry Yoder Councilmember Counci lmember Mayor MacAllister announced that Council would conduct a study session with staff and Bob Nelson, Executive Director of the Orange County Manpower Commission. William Amsbary, Assistant City Attorney, stated that the Federal Government had been informed of what had transpired with Western Institute of Careers, Inc. ,as dir- ected by Council. He explained the areas which could be discussed publicly and the limitations under the Brown Act. Mr. Amsbary informed Council that the City's responsibility towards the CETA pro- gram had ceased in October of 1979 and that an audit would be conducted by Peat, Marwick & Mitchell, covering the past six months. Bob Nelson, Executive Director of the Orange County Manpower Commission, explained the history of the CETA program with the aid of viewgraphs. Considerable discussion was held between Mr. Nelson and Council on the matter. The City Administrator explained the gradual phasing out of CETA employees; from 110 employees funded during 1977 to the 29 participants in 1980. He referred to the funding of CETA employees and the portion funded by the Federal Government. Discussion was held as to whether the administrative costs for handling CETA could be recuperated by the City. Frank Arguello, Finance Director, responded, inform- ing Council that merely having the CETA employees adequately compensated for any handling costs. The City Administrator stated that these costs would be absorbed by a special 'unallocated category' of CETA funds. Rich Barnard, Administrative Assistant, also spoke in regard to the CETA program. Considerable discussion was held between Council, staff and Mr. Nelson regarding various phases of the CETA program and its management by Western Institute of Careers, Inc. I. Councilman Mandic referred to the increase in salary of Robert Cunningham, President/ Secretary of Western Institute of Careers, Inc., to which the Assistant City Attorney responded that approval would have been channeled through the Board of Directors of Western Institute of Careers, Inc., with no involvement of the City, which opinion was verified by Mr. Nelson. Discussion was held by Council and staff in regard to auditing Western Institute of Careers, and Mayor MacAllister expressed concern regarding the audit from 9/30/79 to the present time. It was determined that the audit would be conducted by the Orange County Manpower Commission and the fee involved could be taken from the 'unallocated category' of CETA funds. Councilwoman Bailey stated that she would like to have figures for the fee involved for the audit. A motion was made by Pattinson, seconded by Thomas, to request the Orange County Manpower Corporation Audit Division, to conduct an audit of the City's oper- ations from 4/l/79 to 9/30/79. The motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Pattinson, Thomas, Mandic, MacAllister, Yoder, Finley NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Bailey Page #3 - Council Minutes - 2/12/80 The City Administrator distributed back-up material to Council and staff on the matter. Ed Thompson, Director of Personnel, City, informed Council that since February 4, 1980 all checks normally handled by Western Institute of Careers, Inc. were being jointly signed by Ron CrosIey, Orange County Manpower Cormission and Mrs. Al Van Fleet, as an interim measure. He informed Council that Mrs. Van Fleet is Acting President of Western Institute of Careers. Further discussion was held on the matter. Roy How, Board of Directors of W.I.C., Inc. referred to their recent meeting and the remedial actions taken at that time. Mrs. Van Fleet reported to Council on the number of Huntington Beach residents presently actively involved in the CETA program. The City Administrator urged the Mayor to appoint a City Council Ad Hoc Committee to work with staff in preparing a recommendation in regard to assuming operation of the CETA programs. He recommended that three Council members be appointed to the Ad Hoc Committee. A motion was made by MacAllister, seconded by Mandic, to appoint Pattinson, Bailey and Finley as members of the City Council's Ad Hoc Committee, to work with staff in preparation of a recommendation regarding the assumption of CETA Programs; said recommendation to be prepared for the February 19, 1980 Council meeting, or the February 26, 1980 Council retreat, at the latest. The motion carried unanimously. Councilman Mandic requested that the following information be made available to him: (a) Reimbursement of expenses for further operation of CETA; (b) Minutes of the meeting where the raise in salary was given; and (c) the CETA eligibility requirements. RECESS - RECONVENE Mayor MacAllister called a recess of Council at 9:12 P.M. for the purpose of con- ducting an Executive Session for personnel and litigation matters. Councilman Thomas left the meeting at 10:00 P.M. The meeting was reconvened by the Mayor at 10:I0 P.M. CANCELLATION OF AGREEMENT WITH WESTERN INSTITUTE OF CAREERS INC. A motion was made by Bailey, seconded by Finley, to exercise the 90 day clause to cancel the City's agreement with Western Institute of Careers, Inc. The motion carried by the following vote. AYES: Pattinson, MacAllister, Bailey, Yoder, Finley NOES: Mandic ABSENT: Thomas Page #4 - Council Minutes - 2/12/80 ADJOURNMENT Mayor MacAllister adjourned the Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach to February 19, 1980 at 6:30 P.M., Civic Center, Room B-8. ATTEST: �*, J,/. 05;7e, Ci ty Clerk • oaf/ City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California 44'gie. Mayor Pro-Tem 2JO