County To Expend $30,000 On 1st Quarter Workforce Board Junkets

The county will spend $29,893.44 to pay for the traveling and lodging expenses of its workforce investment board members who will attend various conferences in and outside of California this month and in February and March.
According to Sandy Harmsen, the director of the county’s workforce development department, workforce investment board members Phil Cothran, Joseph Williams and Tony Myrell will attend the California Workforce Association Youth Employment Conference 2013 in Garden Grove from January 14 through January 17, 2013 at an estimated cost of $3,607.14.
Harmsen also said board members Jon Novack, William Sterling, Phil Cothran and Audrey Mathews will attend the California Workforce Association Advocacy Workshop in Sacramento from January 29 through January 31 at an estimated cost of $3,502.48.
Harmsen said that Audrey Mathews will attend the 2013 National Skills Summit in Washington, D.C. from February 10 through February 14, 2013 at an estimated cost of $2,479.82.
And, Harmsen said, board members Will Sterling, Tony Myrell, Logan Olds, Audrey Mathews, Phil Cothran and Mike Gallo will attend the National Association of Workforce Boards Forum 2013 in Washington, D.C. from March 9 through March 14, 2013 at an estimated cost of $20,304.
“The Workforce Investment Board consists of representatives appointed by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors from private and other mandated sectors to oversee the operation of the federal Workforce Investment Act job training programs for eligible residents of San Bernardino County,” Harmsen said. “The Workforce Investment Act focuses on employment and training being administered at the local level where these needs are best understood.”

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