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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday, February 12, 2024 <br /> Page 18 <br /> taken. He believes that their shared values will help them come together to make a <br /> Commission if there is a will to do that. He was willing to work on this in a task <br /> force because there is a need for an HRIEC type of group in the City. <br /> Mayor Roe thanked Mr. James for his comments and thought that was the what the <br /> Council was leaning towards. <br /> 8. Council Direction on Councilmember Initiated Agenda Items <br /> a. City Council Direction on Councilmember Strahan Initiated Agenda Item— <br /> Junior City Councilmember <br /> Mayor Roe briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the Request for Council <br /> Action and related attachments dated February 12, 2024. <br /> Mayor Roe asked if there was any objection to placing this on a future agenda. <br /> Councilmember Etten felt at this point, considering some of the things the <br /> Council talked about, the City is struggling to get youth to commit to a <br /> Commission once a month. He did not see this as an area that he wanted to put a <br /> lot of time into. <br /> Strahan moved, Groff seconded, to put this item, Junior City Councilmember, on <br /> a future agenda. <br /> Council Discussion <br /> Councilmember Strahan explained while she agreed that the City has struggled to <br /> have youth, she thought that should not be the end of the story and the City should <br /> continue to find ways and try to find different ways. She did think that fifty years <br /> from now the Council will be gone, and they need to make sure they are finding <br /> backfill. The City has had young folks at the meetings and have sometimes shot <br /> them down and they do not come back. She stated if there was a youth <br /> councilmember that was offered a small stipend of some sort to be a part of the <br /> group, and could be offering a vision and voice, that is different than someone <br /> who is probably double or triple their age or more. She thought that was a service <br /> that the City could benefit from. She would like to look at it from a different <br /> view. <br /> Councilmember Groff looked at this in a different way and thought there was <br /> some good information here. He looked forward to some further discussion on it. <br /> He noted it did not mean that he sees it as a workable thing. <br /> Councilmember Schroeder agreed with Councilmember Etten on this. She thought <br /> having junior people on the Commissions would be more useful. She also has <br /> questions around how this would even work, and she thought this was way too <br /> intense for somebody to do. She stated until the City gets their house in order on <br />