City council has named 10 people to sit on the youth advisory committee this year, while city hall will continue to look for more students to join the group.
During its Aug. 28 executive committee meeting, council approved a recommendation to appoint 10 individuals to the advisory group for a term of office to comment immediately and conclude on June 30, 2024 or until a successor is appointed.
The 10 individuals include:
- Coun. Crystal Froese as council’s representative
- Nayva Abbasi and Emma LeClair from Vanier Collegiate
- Momore Afolabi and Austin Kretsch from Central Collegiate
- Drew Biette and Mateah Purdy from Cornerstone Christian School
- Leslie Santana from Riverview Collegiate
- Steven Jose Kattacheril and Abhishek Jain from the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Moose Jaw campus
The recommendation will become official once council approves it as a motion during a future regular meeting.
City hall contacted high schools in April and asked school administrators to provide the city clerk’s office with two youth representatives who were interested in joining the youth advisory committee, a council report explained.
The city clerk’s office received applications and consent forms from schools between April and July and evaluated them. Meanwhile, in September it will contact those high schools that have no current nominees or representatives on the committee.
The next executive committee meeting is Monday, Sept. 11.
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