09.10.20 REAP Executive Committee Meeting Packet
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REAP Executive Committee Meeting Agenda Wichita Workforce Center Zoom Conference Call Meeting September 10, 2020 ~ 11:30 am 1. Welcome and Introductions: Mayor Tom Brown, Chair 2. Approval of Minutes from Executive Committee Meeting from July 16, 2020: Mayor Tom Brown, Chair (pp.2-10) Recommended Action: Approve the Minutes from the July 16, 2020, Executive Committee meeting. 3. Kansas Legislative Update: Senator Carolyn McGinn Recommended Action: Receive and file 4. The Appointments Project & Ready to Run Kansas Women’s Leadership Series: Wendy Doyle, President & CEO, Women's Foundation (pg. 11) Recommended Action: Receive and file 5. Workforce Economic Impact Update: Keith Lawing, President & CEO, Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas (pp. 12-13) Recommended Action: Receive and file 7. Other Business: A. Cooperative purchasing and incorporating REAP update B. 2020 Kansas State Legislative Elections (pp. 14-24) C. Community updates Recommended Action: Receive and file. 8. Adjourn (1:00) NEXT MEETING: Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. via Zoom Guest: Secretary David Toland, Kansas Dept. of Commerce 1 REAP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Zoom Meeting Wichita Workforce Center July 16, 2020 ~ 11:30 a.m. 1. Welcome and Introductions: Mayor Tom Brown, Chair REAP Chair, Mayor Brown called the meeting to order at 11:33 a.m. 2. Approval of Minutes Approval of Minutes from Executive Committee Meeting from June 11, 2020. ACTION TAKEN: Council Member Tom Jones (Park City) moved to APPROVE the minutes from June 11, 2020 Executive Committee meeting. Seconded by Mayor Terry Somers (Mount Hope). Motion carried 12-0. 3. Cooperative Purchasing: Laura Rainwater Staff presented a report on the costs and benefits of incorporating REAP as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Feedback from Executive Committee members include: Could build a broader membership base Possibility of reducing assessments to cities with possible new revenue stream Opens up many grant opportunities Would lower the assessments to counties if more cities would join We are disseminating information and educating more than we are lobbying We have the League of Kansas Municipalities and Kansas Association of Counties lobbying for issues that impact our cities and counties Would provide a possible be a revenue stream for REAP The costs (mainly accounting) could be offset by revenue stream Now may not be a good time due to focus on economic recovery (Covid) Does not think it will be a benefit for their city (Maize and Lindsborg) Staff should receive other bids from legal counsel to file organizational paperwork and recurring accounting Action Taken: Motion made by Ty Lasher (Bel Aire) to approve the expenditure, not to exceed $6,000, to incorporate REAP as a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Seconded by May Rex Satterthwaite (Bentley). MOTION PASSED 10-2. 4. Wichita State University Covid-19 Research Lab: Tonya Witherspoon, Associate Vice President, Industry Engagement and Applied Learning, Wichita State University Up to 10,000 test per day potential Low cost - -approximately $50 and could be less based on volume Fast results – 24 hours Will help schools and businesses stay open and back to work faster after exposure Purchase order for lab equipment has already been submitted by WSU Use CARES funding to sustain Hope to have lab operational by end of October 2 It is not just limited to Sedgwick County use By creating our own FDA-approved tests, we are in control PCR tests (saliva) not a nasal swab – more reliable and does not require medical professional to administer Will be able to do antibody testing, but right now the focus is on live virus testing 5. Covid-19 Updates: A. Federal: Andrew Wiens, Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce Senate is working through Covid-19 response stimulus package now . Unemployment – don’t want to incentivize not going back to work . funding for testing . schools House has passed another stimulus package B. State School start-up delayed to after Labor Day Mask mandate Motor carrier exemption C. County: Commissioner Chip Westfall, Harvey County Kansas Association of Counties (KAC) Zoom meetings on Fridays with guidance on spending CARES money Each County needs to appoint one contact person to receive SPARK updates 14 Counties have not yet filed paperwork to receive CARES funding School plans must be reviewed and approved by local health department D. City: Mayor Tom Brown (McPherson) Mask mandate is becoming more widely adopted at city and county level No wide-spread use until it is mandated Since masks will be mandated in schools, we should model the behavior for our kids Referenced article (attached below) that puts local communities at risk levels based on data. All counties that have required masks be worn are in the Risk Level Orange https://globalepidemics.org/key-metrics-for-covid-suppression/ Many industrial firms and retail establishments are voluntarily mandating masks E. Workforce and Employment: Keith Lawing, President & CEO of the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas Not good news – Continuing to see layoffs in aircraft and manufacturing . 800 WARN layoffs from Textron Aviation . 133 layoffs from GKN Aerospace . As of June 27, there were 29,096 unemployment in the REAP region South Central Kansas is being heavily impacted Airlines are delaying or canceling orders for new aircraft Going to be a slow recovery – fewer jobs will be opening 3 Wichita Workforce Center is providing virtual and online services only. Hope to re-open to provide in-person services on August 3rd Kansas Framework For Growth – Priorities are being identified across state. Broadband access and expansion and talent development/workforce retention continue to be the top two priorities 7. Other Business A. Regional Convening: September 21, 11:30-2:00, with WSU President, Dr. Jay Golden. Meeting will be in-person on the WSU campus. The meeting will also be available via Zoom B. Executive Committee Meetings: Will continue to use Zoom for virtual meetings until f further notice C. Community Updates: Mayor Tom Brown (McPherson): Sales tax and property tax revenue look pretty normal. Unemployment rate is about 5% 8. Meeting adjourned at 12:54 p.m. Attendees: Mayor Tom Brown, Chair Rep. Cheryl Helmer Council Member Tom Jones, Treasurer Bruce Pinkall, Pratt Council Member Troy Tabor, Andover John Waltner, Harvey County Mayor Terry Somers, Mount Hope Anthony Swartzendruber, Harvey County Mayor Rex Satterthwaite, Bentley Andrew Wiens, Wichita Regional Chamber Mayor Donna Clasen, Maize Valerie Wise, Eisenhower Airport Mayor Jade Piros de Carvalho, Hutchinson Kevin Coccetella Mayor Gary Schmidt, Pratt Tonya Witherspoon, WSU Commissioner Chip Westfall, Harvey County Marla Canfield, Dept. of Commerce Kelly McElroy, Newton Keith Lawing, Workforce Alliance & REAP Ty Lasher, Bel Aire Laura Rainwater, REAP Lucas Neece, Lindsborg 4 Key Metrics for COVID Suppression A Framework for policy makers and the public July 1, 2020 The Harvard Global Health Institute and Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics have been working with a network of research and policy organizations to achieve convergence around recommendations for core metrics to be used to evaluate the status of COVID response and key performance indicators to evaluate how well particular tools of response are being deployed. Convergence metrics and indicators have been sought for the following areas: 1. Epidemiology 2. Response capacity a. TTSI- testing, tracing, and supported isolation b. Use of other non-pharmaceutical interventions (e.g. social distancing, masking) c. Therapeutic capacity d. Protection capacity (capacity to identify and meet the needs of vulnerable populations) e. Infection control f. Disease surveillance capacity Participants in these convergence conversations have included TTSI Collaborative members (Harvard Global Health Institute; Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Partners in Health); CovidActNow.org; Covid-local.org; Resolve to Save Lives; the Nuclear Threat Initiative; Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security; Rockefeller Foundation; Bloomberg Philanthropies; and faculty and researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, University of Minnesota, University of Louisville, Center for Communicable Disease at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Microsoft Research, Microsoft AI for Health, and Apple University. CovidActNow.org provided foundational analytic work. This memo focuses only on key epidemiological metrics and key performance indicators for TTSI response capacity. No COVID response is complete without attention to the other areas of capacity and performance. Implementers may find resources for metrics in the other areas at www.cdc.gov, https://www.who.int/, and non-profit organizations such as those supporting https://covid-local.org/, which provides tools for local decision-makers to link metrics with decisions and policies for expanding and contracting social distancing. Epidemiology Case incidence can be best measured and communicated with three measures: new confirmed case trend, case trend as an estimate from the new deaths trend, and new COVID hospitalizations, in each case with a seven day rolling average. All three should be used, and they should be used and communicated to the public together. Metric 1: New confirmed case trend: New daily cases per 100k pop (seven day rolling average); + trend direction and rate Metric 2: Case trend as an estimate from new deaths trend: New