City Council Meeting Date: May 19, 2026
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator Martig
From: Risi Karim, Assistant City Administrator
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Recognition of service for our graduating Northfield High School Seniors and youth coming off Boards and Commissions.
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Action Requested:
Mayor Zweifel will present certificates to graduating Youth on Board seniors, and those choosing not to continue with the program, in recognition of their service on boards and commissions. After the presentation, City Council members and students will pose for a photo in front of the dais.
Summary Report:
The Mayor's Youth Council was formed in 2006. At that time, the community was just beginning to have conversations around how to ensure youth voice in civic affairs. The City Council took the initiative to form an Advisory Council that was made up entirely of youth. At that time, the Council was made up of 13 to 15 high school students. That model stayed in place until the spring of 2015 when the City again decided to take a leading role in giving youth a voice in the community and led the expansion of the program.
The desire to give youth a voice is grounded in the belief that youth play a critical role in the vitality of our community and that by allowing them to take part in public debate they help shape the world in which they would want to live and raise their families in. It is an investment in both the present and the future of the community.
Healthy Community Initiatives (HCI) is the "backbone" of the program. HCI has a dedicated staff member that is responsible for acting as the touch point for all youth serving on these various boards, as well as the adults that are working with them. HCI coordinates the application process, the meetings, and the youth reflection on the value and benefit of the program.
The following Northfield High School students will be recognized for their service on boards and commissions:
Graduating seniors on City Boards & Commissions:
Name Board
Pablo Torres Bermudez Economic Development Authority
Sam Froehle Human Rights Commission
Tara Alainz Library Board
Henry Keane Youth Substance Prevention Alliance Task Force
Nicholas Livingston Mayor’s Youth Council
Alex Salinas Mayor’s Youth Council
Osiris Perez Dorantes Mayor’s Youth Council
Evie Bauer Mayor’s Youth Council
Charles Murphy Mayor’s Youth Council
Martin Waddell Mayor’s Youth Council
Ian Bartlett Mayor’s Youth Council
Underclassman not continuing in the program on City Boards & Commissions
Name Board
Owen Jacobi Mayor’s Youth Council
Alaia Douah Library Board
Graduating seniors on non-city Boards & Commissions:
Name Board
Malcolm Westlund District Youth Council
Britta Jaranson District Youth Council
Audrey Gilbertson District Youth Council
Camila Gaspar Benitez District Youth Council
Delphine Hawkins District Youth Council
Atticus Mayer District Youth Council
Yuan Ou District Youth Council
Michelle Rodriguez Vazquez District Youth Council
Emerson Carlson Northfield Arts Guild
Brianna Velazquez Sanchez Healthy Community Initiative
Megan Carlson Healthy Community Initiative
Paige Raleigh Women In Northfield Giving Support
Rae Musicant Historical Society
Bailey Parish Beyond the Yellow Ribbon
Fletcher Aylin Friends of the Library
Theodore Murphy Chamber of Commerce
Stephanie Hernandez Northfield Community Education Advisory Council
Odin Bowen Clean River Partners
Khyla Theiling Friends of Downtown
Underclassman not continuing in the program on non-city Boards & Commissions
Name Board
Eleanor Groll Clean River Partners
Aya Haidar District Youth Council
Lucy Gorden Mercer Beyond the Yellow Ribbon
Hennessy Momberg Friends of Downtown
Kat Neuger Northfield SHARES
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