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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 7/7/2025 <br />Item No.: 10.e. <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br /> <br /> <br />Item Description: Declare vacancies for Youth Commissioners on various city <br />commissions <br />1 <br />2 Background <br />3 It has been customary for the City Council to appoint youth representatives to serve on <br />4 various advisory commissions. Chapter 201 of the city code allows the Council to appoint <br />5 up to two (2) additional residents of the city who are the age of 18 or under and enrolled in <br />6 high school to serve one-year terms on a commission as youth commissioners. Youth <br />7 commissioner terms expire on July 31 of each year. <br />8 <br />9 Additionally, in August, 2022, Council updated the code language to remove "ex-officio" <br />10 from the youth commissioner role, and allow youth to decide if they wanted to be a voting <br />11 member of the commission. Youth are required to fill out an application, and as part of the <br />12 application they are asked if they are seeking voting rights. If they are, the youth applicant <br />13 must have their parent or guardian approve and sign the application agreeing to allow the <br />14 youth to vote. <br />15 <br />16 The following youth are seeking reappointment as represented in the table below. <br />Commission Youth Eligible for and Number of <br />Commissioners Seeking Vacancies (Does not <br />Reappointment (Y/N) include those <br />seeking <br />reappointment) <br />Finance Commission Vacant N/A 2 <br />Vacant N/A <br />Equity & Inclusion Anica Barze No response 1 <br />Gwen Goedken Yes <br />Parks & Recreation Audrey Arneson Yes 1 <br />Vacant N/A <br />Public Works, Carsten Bauer Yes 1 <br />Environment & Alexis Jendro No response <br />Transportation <br />17 <br />18 A few youth commissioners were unable to be reached to determine if they were interested <br />19 in being reappointed. In those cases, staff is declaring a vacancy and if those youth <br />20 members ultimately decide they are interested, they will be eligible to submit an application <br />21 for consideration. <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />Qbhf!247!pg!488 <br /> <br />