Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 11-24-2010 - regular — reading text

HIGH 101H 12TH 8 SCHOOL IN THE TO GRADE TO BE 9 MEMBERS; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 10 11 WHEREAS, on June 12, 2007, the City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach 12 passed Resolution 2007 -11, which established the Youth Committee. 13 WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is beneficial to allow all 10th 12th 14 students in the to grade to apply for appointment to the Youth Committee. 15 16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF FORT WALTON 17 BEACH: 18 19 Section 1. Resolution 2007 -11 is hereby amended to allow residents of the 20 City or any student who attends Fort Walton Beach High School or Choctawhatchee 10th 12th 21 High School, and is in through grade to be a member of the Youth Committee. 22 23 Section 2. All other provisions Resolution 2007 -11, not amended by this 24 resolution, shall remain in effect. 25 26 Section 3. This resolution shall be effective upon vote of Council. 27 28 29 30 Adopted: 2007 31 Mike Anderson, Mayor 32 33 34 35 Attest: Approved as to form and legal sufficiency: 36 37 38 0 0 39 Helen Spencer, City Clerk Toni L. Craig, City Attorney 40 41 42 43 34-  1 RESOLUTION 2007 -11 2 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON 4 BEACH, FLORIDA, CREATING A YOUTH 5 COMMITTEE FOR THE YOUTH OF THE CITY OF 6 FORT WALTON BEACH; ESTABLISHING ITS 7 MEMBERSHIP AT 11 MEMBERS; AND SETTING 8 AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 9 10 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach is interested in 11 the thoughts and ideas of today' s youth for improving the City for the future; 12 WHEREAS, the City Council looks to have members of the youth community to 13 become more involved in the local government; 14 15 WHEREAS, the City of Fort Walton Beach would like to get an idea of the 16 services and activities important to the City' s youth; 17 18 WHEREAS, the City of Fort Walton Beach would like to make the community a 19 desired place for youth to return and make their permanent residence; it is 20 21 THEREFORE RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH: 22 23 Section 1. The City of Fort Walton Beach hereby establishes a " Youth 24 Committee" to represent the youth of the City. 25 26 Section 2. The purpose of the Youth Committee is to advise the Fort Walton 27 Beach City Council on matters effecting the City' s youth and to recommend to Council 28 desired programs, projects, and activities important to the City' s youth. The Committee 29 shall make such advice and recommendations through a report to the Council no less than 30 quarterly each year. 31 32 Section 3. The Youth Committee shall consist of 11 members, who must be 10th 12th 33 residents of the City, in through grade. Each member shall apply to and be 34 appointed by a majority vote of the City Council. Each member will serve on the 35 Committee until their graduation from high school. Members, other than the charter 12th 36 membership, shall be composed of no more than five members in grade. 37 38 Section 4. At their meeting in August of each year, the Committee shall elect 39 from among their body a chair and vice -chair. 40 a. The chair and vice -chair shall serve for one year and may be re- elected to 41 serve in the same position. 42 35- 43 b. The Public Information Officer, or a designee of the City Manager, shall 44 serve as the City staff liaison to the Committee. 45 46 Section 5. The Committee will meet on the third Wednesday of every month, 47 excluding June and July, at 5: 30 p.m., at a location to be determined by the Committee 48 each month. The Committee may schedule additional meetings to conduct the business of 49 the Committee by voting on the date, time, and location of such additional meeting at any 50 regularly scheduled meeting. 51 52 Section 6. The Committee meetings shall be conducted in accordance with 53 the latest version of Roberts' Rules of Order. 54 55 Section 7. The Committee is governed by the Sunshine Law and shall be 56 educated, upon appointment, on the provisions of it. 57 58 Section 8. The provisions of chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances which are 59 not in conflict with the provisions of this resolution, shall govern the Committee. 60 61 Section 9. The Committee shall continue in existence until dissolved by the 62 City Council. 63 64 Section 10. This resolution shall be effective upon vote of Council. 65 66 67 68 Adopted: June 2007 69 Mike Anderson, Mayor 70 71 72 73 Attest: Approved as to form and legal sufficiency: 74 75 76 am Us 77 Helen Spencer, City Clerk Toni L. Craig, City Attorney 36-  CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH YOUTH COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 18, 2009 A meeting of the Fort Walton Beach Youth Committee was held on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 5: 30 p.m. in the Fort Walton Beach conference room at City Hall with the following members present: Dakota Abernathy Absent: Erica Henderson; Jacob Loken; and Lauren Richardson Also Present: Cam Johnson, Public Information Officer The meeting was unable to convene due to lack of a quorum at 5: 45 p.m. ddm 37-