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ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND AGREEMENT FOR THE CENTRALINA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM ARTICLE I. TITLE AND PURPOSE The contiguous units of local government listed below, being desirous of agreeing to an undertaking pursuant to the provisions of N.C.G.S. Section 160A- 464(1), do hereby agree to establish a workforce development consortium to act jointly as a Local Workforce Investment Area for workforce development under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA), Public Law 113 -128 ( "the Act ") including the Incumbent Workforce Development Program (IWDP); and under National Emergency Grant (NEG) funding through the US Department of Labor, as amended. This consortium shall be known as the Centralina Workforce Development Consortium ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP The consortium shall be composed of the following independent and contiguous units of general - purpose local government: Anson, Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stanly, and Union Counties. ARTICLE III. CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 1. AUTHORITY UNDER STATE AND LOCAL LAW In accordance with N.C.G.S. Sections 160A -460 et. seq. the member counties of the Centralina Workforce Development Consortium certify that they possess full legal authority, as provided by state and local law, to enter into this agreement and to fulfill the legal and financial requirements of operating as a Local Workforce Investment Area under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA), Public Law 113 -128, and any National Emergency Grant for the entire geographic area covered by this agreement. 2. SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT In accordance with N.C.G.S. Section 160A -461, a copy of the duly executed resolution and appropriate board meeting minutes giving the respective counties specific authority to enter into this consortium agreement will be attached to this document and are incorporated herein by reference. 1 G -7 Page 529