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Consider a memorandum/resolution appointing Commissioners to the Youth Advisory Commission for Fiscal Year 2025.
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DATE: December 3, 2024
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Antonio Murphy, Executive Director of Parks and Recreation
SUBJECT: Appointment of Commissioners to the Youth Advisory Commission for FY25
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The Youth Advisory Commission (YAC) was created in 1993 to serve as a liaison to the Killeen City Council. It exists to provide the youth of our community opportunities through volunteerism and service, by taking initiatives that are directed toward effective change.
YAC can be comprised of up to thirty-seven (37) Commissioners and an unlimited number of resource committee members, all of whom shall be students in the eighth through twelfth grade levels in the Killeen Independent School District service area. There are currently only twelve (12) Commissioners serving on the Commission. Four (4) students have been recommended to serve as Commissioners for FY25 based on their leadership ability and community involvement. These additional commissioners will bring the total number of Commissioners to fourteen (16).
Below are the proposed Commissioners for FY25:
Brianna E. Trevino
Adriana S. Lopez Espinoza
Derek Y. Ortiz Mercado
Aniya M. Black
THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:
N/A
Which alternative is recommended? Why?
N/A.
CONFORMITY TO CITY POLICY:
Yes.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
What is the amount of the revenue/expenditure in the current fiscal year? For future years?
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Is this a one-time or recurring revenue/expenditure?
N/A
Is this revenue/expenditure budgeted?
N/A
If not, where will the money come from?
N/A
Is there a sufficient amount in the budgeted line-item for this revenue/expenditure?
N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that Council appoint the proposed individuals as Youth Advisory Commissioners for FY25
DEPARTMENTAL CLEARANCES:
Parks and Recreation
Legal
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