County of Monterey  
America’s Job Center of California  
344 Salinas St., Suites 205 & 206  
Salinas, CA 93901  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Thursday, June 26, 2025  
9:00 AM  
Workforce Development Board  
WDB Members:  
Erik Cushman,  
WDB & Executive Chair  
Cesar Lara  
Paula Calvetti  
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL:  
Erik Cushman  
CHANGES TO AGENDA:  
Erik Cushman  
PUBLIC COMMENTS:  
(Limited to 2 minutes per person)  
CONSENT CALENDAR:  
Erik Cushman  
1. Action: Consider approval of minutes from the Special Monterey County Workforce  
Development Board (MCWDB) meeting of April 8, 2025.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
2. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s May 15, 2025, recommendation to  
approve the appointment of Arpi Tanilian, representing Business, to the MCWDB.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
3. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s May 15, 2025, recommendation to  
approve the appointment Justin McIntire, representing the State of California’s Department  
of Rehabilitation (DOR), to the MCWDB.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
4. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 12, 2025, recommendation to  
reappoint Paula Calvetti, representing Business, to the MCWDB.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
5. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 12, 2025, recommendation to  
reappoint Salvador Munoz, representing Business, to the MCWDB  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
6. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 12, 2025, recommendation to  
reappoint Michael Gutierrez, representing Education, to the MCWDB.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
7. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 12, 2025, recommendation to  
reappoint Cesar Lara, representing Labor, to the MCWDB.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
8. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s May 15, 2025, recommendation to  
consider and approve the following Workforce  
policies:  
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)  
· #2025-06: On-the-Job Training (OJT) Policy and Procedures  
· #2025-07: Auditing and Audit Resolution Policy  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
9. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s May 15, 2025, recommendation to  
ratify its approval to submit a request to the State of California’s Employment  
Development Department (EDD) to transfer $963,000 of WIOA Dislocated Worker program  
funding to the WIOA Adult program.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
10. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 12, 2025, recommendation to  
approve the submittal of the 2025-28 WIOA One-Stop Partner Memorandum of  
Understanding (MOU) to the Board of Supervisors and EDD.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
11. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 12, 2025, recommendation to  
approve funding from the California Volunteers, Office of the Governor, Youth Service  
Corps, in the amount of $1,998,840 to fund the MCWDB’s Green Cadre Youth program to  
serve 90 young adults for an 18-month period.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
12. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 12, 2025, recommendation to  
approve extending the agreement with Arbor E&T, dba Equus Workforce Solutions, to  
provide One-Stop Operator Services in the amount of $334,532 for Program Year (PY)  
2025-26.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
13. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 12, 2025, recommendation to  
approve extending the agreement with Arbor E&T, dba Equus Workforce Solutions, to  
provide WIOA Title 1 Adult and Dislocated Worker case management services in the  
amount of $1,300,000 for PY 2025-26.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
14. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 12, 2025, recommendation to  
approve extending the agreement with Arbor E&T, dba Equus Workforce Solutions, to  
provide WIOA Title 1 Youth case management services in North Monterey County in the  
amount of $650,000 for PY 2025-26.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
15. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 12, 2025, recommendation to  
approve extending the agreement with Turning Point of Central California to provide WIOA  
Title 1 Youth case management services in South Monterey County in the amount of  
$700,000 for PY 2025-26.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
16. Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 12, 2025, recommendation to  
approve extending the agreement with Pat Davis Design Group to provide communications  
materials in the amount of $45,000 for PY 2025-26.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
DISCUSSION OR REVIEW OF BUSINESS CALENDAR ACTION ITEMS:  
Erik Cushman  
17. Action: Consider approval of the proposed, preliminary 2025-26 MCWDB Budget.  
Attachments:  
Daisy Fernandez  
18. Update on MCWDB’s FY 2024-25 budget and expenditures through May 31, 2025.  
Attachments:  
Daisy Fernandez  
19. Update on the Pajaro Business Relief Program.  
Attachments:  
Vanessa Kor  
20. Update on 2023-24 EDD monitoring and 2024-25 MCWDB subrecipient monitoring.  
Attachments:  
Chris Donnelly  
21. Update on WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs.  
Attachments:  
Lucy Iracheta, Lourdes Luviano, Michael Artalejo  
22. Discussion on recruitment of new MCWDB members representing Business.  
Attachments:  
Erik Cushman  
23. Update on Board members’ workforce and business activities.  
Attachments:  
Individual Board Members  
ANNOUNCEMENTS:  
Erik Cushman  
ADJOURNMENT  
Erik Cushman  
SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS:  
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