Economic development staff in Belleville will ask council Monday to approve a grant request to help attract more skilled workers to the city.
Manager of Economic and Strategic Initiatives Karen Poste is asking council to approve the request to get some money through the Rural Economic Development Fund, to go towards the Work In Belleville program.
The program helps run the bi-annual job fair in partnership with Quinte West and also maintain a database of resumes that can be sorted by specific skill and matched to employers who search for it.
The money would be used to revamp that website and database to handle more inquiries and take some of the burden off staff.
The total project, which involves three months of website building and six months of marketing, would cost $60,000 and the RED Fund cash would cover half of that.
The other $30,000 would come from the city’s casino-related economic development reserve, which has a balance of $500,000.
