Workforce Development Board

Thursday, May 21, 2026 9:00 AM County of Monterey America’s Job Center of California 344 Salinas St., Suites 205 & 206 Salinas, CA 93901 Meeting Agenda - Final Executive Committee Meeting America’s Job Center of California, 344 Salinas Street Suites 205 & 206, Salinas, CA 93901 Workforce Development Board

Workforce Development Board Meeting Agenda - Final May 21, 2026 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: Erik Cushman CHANGES TO AGENDA: Erik Cushman PUBLIC COMMENTS: (Limited to 2 minutes per person) DIRECTOR’S REPORT: • Update on the Monterey County Workforce Development Board (MCWDB) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) 2026-27 budget allocation. • Update on High RoadSM Construction Careers (HRCC) program. Chris Donnelly CONSENT CALENDAR: Erik Cushman 1 ACTION: Consider approval of minutes from MCWDB’s Executive Committee meeting on April 16, 2026. Consent 01 Draft April 16, 2026, Executive Committee MinutesAttachments: Erik Cushman DISCUSSION OR REVIEW OF BUSINESS CALENDAR ACTION ITEMS: Erik Cushman 1 ACTION: Consider and approve staff to execute an agreement with the Laborers to provide HRCC training services using HRCC bridge funding in the amount of $19,700 to support an additional 20-participant cycle of the Tri-County Pre-Apprenticeship program. Business 01_Approval of Laborers to provide bridge HRCC program Attachments: Chris Donnelly Page 1 of 5

Workforce Development Board Meeting Agenda - Final May 21, 2026 2 ACTION: Consider and approve staff to execute a lease agreement with the Laborers for the use of their facility at 117 Pajaro St. in Salinas for the HRCC Pre-Apprenticeship program. Business 02_Approval of Lease Agreement Business 2a Lease agreement from Laborers Local 270 Attachments: Chris Donnelly 3 Discussion on MCWDB’s preliminary 2026-27 budget. Business 03 Discussion of MCWDB Preliminary 2026-27 Budget VERSION 2 Attachments: Daisy Fernandez 4 Update on MCWDB’s 2025-26 3rd Quarter budget. Business 04 Update on MCWDB's 2025-26 3rd Qtr. BudgetAttachments: Daisy Fernandez 5 Discussion on new dates for the June Executive Committee and Board meetings. Business 05 Discussion on New Meeting Dates for Exec. Committee and Board Attachments: Erik Cushman 6 Discussion on recruitment of new private sector Board members. Business 06 Discussion on Private Sector Board Member Recruitment Attachments: Chris Donnelly 7 Page 2 of 5

Workforce Development Board Meeting Agenda - Final May 21, 2026 Discussion on MCWDB’s 2026-28 Strategic Plan. Business 07 Discusison on MCWDB's 2026-2028 Strategic PlanAttachments: Erik Cushman 8 One Stop Operator Update. Business 08 One Stop Operator UpdateAttachments: Elizabeth Alvarez 9 Update on WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth program performance. Business 09_Update on WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Programs Attachments: Vanessa Kor 10 Update on WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs. Business 10 WIOA Program UpdatesAttachments: Lucy Iracheta, Lourdes Luviano, Lauren Walters 11 Updates on Executive Committee members’ workforce and business activities. Business 11 members' activitiesAttachments: Erik Cushman ANNOUNCEMENTS: Erik Cushman ADJOURNMENT Erik Cushman Page 3 of 5

Workforce Development Board Meeting Agenda - Final May 21, 2026 SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS: Executive: JUNE 18, 2026 WDB MEETING JUNE 25, 2026 Erik Cushman Page 4 of 5

Workforce Development Board Meeting Agenda - Final May 21, 2026 Documents related to agenda items that are distributed to the WDB less than 72 hours before the meeting shall be available for public inspection at 344 Salinas Street, Suite 101, Salinas, CA, or visit our website at www.montereycountywdb.org. Documents distributed to the WDB at the meeting by County staff will be available at the meeting; documents distributed to the WDB by members of the public shall be made available after the meeting. This WIOA Title I financially assisted program or activity is an equal opportunity employer/program and auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. ALTERNATE AGENDA FORMATS: If requested, the agenda shall be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 USC Sec. 12132), and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof. Individuals with a disability requiring a modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the public meeting may make these requests to the WDB staff at (831) 796-3505. TTY/CRS: Dial 711. Page 5 of 5