A new group of students has been appointed for the year to the City of Moose Jaw’s Youth Advisory Committee.
Sara Wiens, Fernando Jose Boniza, Mariya Kotova, Ha’Keena Maneso, Sarah Gutek, Carina Pilon, Hayley Cowan, Reginald Tallud, Jadyn Moser and Rohit Vij were appointed during city council’s Sept. 23 regular meeting as youth-at-large representatives to the committee, for a term of office starting Sept. 1 and concluding on June 30, 2020.
Mayor Fraser Tolmie was appointed as the city council representative to the committee for the term Sept. 1 to June 30, 2020.
The goals of the Youth Advisory Committee include:
- To stimulate and promote youth interest in civic issues and local politics and to serve as a forum for young people to express opinions about the municipality;
- To identify areas in the community that youths value, including areas that are considered assets, strengths and opportunities in the community;
- To make recommendations to city council on issues affecting the youths of the community, including changes to municipal programs to make them more friendly to youths.
The committee is composed of one member of city council and two students from the following schools:
Prairie South School Division
- Central Collegiate
- Cornerstone Christian School
- Peacock Collegiate
- Riverview Collegiate
- John Chisholm School
Holy Trinity Catholic School Division
- Vanier Collegiate
École Ducharme School
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Up to an extra four youth-at-large representatives aged 18 to 25 who cannot be students from schools currently represented on the committee can also be appointed.
The next regular council meeting is Oct. 15.
