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Approval of Interlocal Agreement with the City of Durham for YouthWork Internship Placements and Reimbursements
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Date of BOCC Meeting: June 10, 2019
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to review and approve the attached interlocal agreement with any modifications they may agree upon and also to authorize the County Manager to execute it.
The City and County of Durham have long been partners in facilitating summer employment and internships for Durham’s high school aged youth. In recent years, the County has funded 50 summer internships, 25 of them inside County government and 25 placed in external institutions. Since the City has historically been the key agency coordinating those external internships, the County relies on the City to find, track, support, and process payroll for those internships and then reimburse the City for the direct payroll expenses. The reimbursement process has not worked very well over the past year or two, primarily due to the lack of a good interlocal agreement. The attached interlocal agreement allows the County to reimburse the City for 25 internships from last summer, the same number this coming summer, and whatever numbers we budget for and agree upon with the City in the future.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: The YouthWork Internship Program is strongly aligned with a broader work-based learning continuum and a key driver for future economic success of Durham’s young people.
Resource Persons: Drew Cummings, Chief of Staff
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board review and approve the attached interlocal agreement with any modifications they may agree upon and also to authorize the County Manager to execute it.
Signature
County Manager: ____________________________