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AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET
Meeting Date: May 18, 2021
Item # q
Reviewed By:
Contact Name: Robert Frank, City Manager Department Director:
Contact Number: 407-905-3111 City Manager:
Subject: Career Source
Background Summary:
During the budget workshops and hearings for FY 20/21; funding was allocated for a summer internship
program to be coordinated with Career Source Central Florida. Staff will identify several positions
throughout the city for assignment of a summer intern for five weeks. Generally, these interns must meet
eligibility requirements for household income, however the city's participation allows for the appointment
of three (3) interns outside of the income qualifications guidelines. The city expects to supervise up to
ten (10) interns.
Issue:
Should the Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners authorize the City Manager to execute a contract
with Career Source Central Florida to coordinate a summer intern program for Ocoee youth in
accordance with the Career Source guidelines?
Recommendations:
Staff recommends that the Honorable Mayor and City Commission authorize the City Manager to
execute a contract with Career Source Central Florida to coordinate a summer intern program for Ocoee
youth in accordance with the Career Source guidelines.
Attachments:
2021 Memorandum of Understanding Between Career Source Central Florida and City of
Ocoee
Financial Impact:
$10, 000 was allocated and is available for funding this program in account #001-511-00-8210.
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2021 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
CAREERSOURCE CENTRAL FLORIDA
AND
CITY OF OCOEE
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) sets forth the terms and understanding
between CareerSource Central Florida and the City of Ocoee. In consideration of the
mutual covenant and agreement expressed herein, CareerSource Central Florida and
the City of Ocoee hereby agree as follows.
1. PURPOSE
The City of Ocoee will partner with CareerSource Central Florida to target and support
high school juniors and seniors that reside within the City of Ocoee or adjoining
neighborhoods. With this partnership, both parties will provide students with mentoring,
occupational skills training, leadership development, and financial literacy education, as
a part of the 2021 Summer Youth Program.
2. TERM
The term of this MOU shall commence on June 7, 2021 and shall end on August 31,
2021, subject to the provisions outlined in this MOU.
3. RESPONSIBILITIES & SERVICES PROVIDED
The City of Ocoee will collaborate with CareerSource Central Florida to provide youth
with virtual workplace essential skills training and Summer workforce development in
one of the following tracks: Explorer, Accelerator, or Experience.
• With the experience track, the participants will have the ability to earn $10.00 an
hour working up to 30 hours a week for five weeks.
• With the Explore or Accelerate tracks, they can earn upto $1,000 in incentives
during the course of the four -week program.
In addition to internship wages and incentives, program expenses include, but not
limited to the following; work skills training curriculum and delivery, case management,
business development, payroll processing expenses, and drug and background checks
as needed.
A. Services to be rendered by the City of Ocoee include the following:
0 Promote the program to the residence of the City of Ocoee.
• Identifying a point of contact that will be accessible to the CSCF Career Services
Consultant.
• Providing a direct financial investment of $10,000 to support 10 City of Ocoee
student's participation in the Summer Youth Program.
B. Services to be rendered by CSCF include the following:
• Providing administrative oversight and case management services for youth
participating in partnership with the City of Ocoee
• Providing funding for up to 10 youth, who meet CSCF's program eligibility
requirements to participate in the summer youth program
• Providing incentive for youth who successfully complete the work readiness
training course
• Providing incentives upto $1,000 for participants in the Explore and Accelerate
tracks
• Execute worksite agreements with all eligible businesses to serve as host
worksites
• Engaging a third party vendor for payroll processing and wage distribution for the
experience track
• Coordinating the facilitation of the online workplace essential skills training
course
• Create the program's online application, maintain a database of applicants, and
provide the City of Ocoee with access to this data.
• Providing close-out documentation within 30-days of the program completion
date - close-out will include supporting documentation to substantiate expenses
4. FUNDING
The City of Ocoee will pay CareerSource Central Florida a direct investment of $10,000,
which will be applied to the 2021 Summer Youth Program. CareerSource Central
Florida will invoice the City of Ocoee once the 10 youth, who will be directly funded by
the City of Ocoee, have been identified and enrolled. The payment of $10,000 will be
due within 30- days of invoice date.
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Neither CareerSource Central Florida or the City of Ocoee shall be held liable for any
delay or failure to perform under this MOU, resulting directly or indeirectly from acts of
God, pandemics, or circumstances beyond each party's reasonable control.
By signing below, the parties agree to comply with all terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
Approved by:
City of Ocoee
Signature
CareerSource Central Florida
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Signature
Pamela Nabors, President and CEO
Printed Name & Title Printed Name & Title
Date
5/06/2021
Date