It shall be the duty of the local board to do all of the following:
(a) Coordinate workforce investment activities in the local area with economic development strategies.
(b) Promote participation of private sector employers in the local workforce investment system.
(c) Develop and submit a local workforce investment plan to the Governor.
(d) Select one-stop operators, with the agreement of the local chief elected official, annually review their operations, and terminate for cause the eligibility of such operators.
(e) Award grants or contracts to eligible providers of youth activities in the local area on a competitive basis, consistent with the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, based upon the recommendations of the youth council.
(f) Identify, consistent with the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, eligible providers of training services.
(g) Identify eligible providers of intensive services and, when the one-stop operator does not provide intensive services to the local area, award contracts to those providers.
(h) Develop local policy on the amount and duration of individual training accounts based upon the market rate for local training programs.
(i) Conduct program oversight over workforce investment activities in the local area.
(j) Negotiate with the local chief elected official in the local area and the Governor on local performance measures for the local area.
(k) Assist in the development of a statewide employment statistics system, which shall be developed in conjunction with and shall utilize to the fullest extent possible, the Employment Development Department’s labor market information system.