City Council Meeting Date: July 17, 2018
To: City Council
City Administrator
From: Mayor Pownell
Title
Approve Mayoral Appointment of Tatum Hauck to the Park & Recreation Advisory Board.
Body
Action Requested:
The City Council approves the appointment of Tatum Hauck as a non voting youth representative to the Park & Recreation Advisory Board.
Summary Report:
The City Council is being asked to approve the youth appointment as noted above. There was a resignation of a youth member on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. The Mayor’s Youth Council (MYC) and youth appointees to boards and commissions act in an advisory capacity to the boards, commissions and City Council for the purposes of advising these groups on perspectives and issues important to Northfield youth in order to assure a youth voice in civic affairs, and working with community partners and other youth initiatives to help design and recommend solutions and options to address opportunities and areas of concern in the Northfield community. Youth members are appointed/reappointed annually. Applications to serve on the MYC, boards and commissions are completed and submitted to the Adult Advisor, Meleah Follen. The applications are assembled by the Adult Advisor and anonymously submitted for review and scoring by the current members of the MYC and the Adult Advisor. Recommendations for appointments to fill vacant or expired positions are made to the Mayor based on scores and the desire to create a MYC, and appointees to boards and commissions, that are gender, ethnic and age diverse. Members shall thereafter be appointed by the Mayor, with the approval of the City Council.