The Youth Council's two adult liaisons keep the Youth Council abreast of the latest developments facing the City Council as well as other citizen advisory commissions. This gives the Youth Council a solid overview of major issues. It also allows young people to take the lead on issues they see as important. The Youth Council allows members to see how government works and the role private citizens can play in shaping public policy. Through this process, Youth Council members see that government is at its best when elected officials hear all sides before making a decision.
Youth perspective on a variety of issues.
Because the Youth Council is not limited to dealing solely with traditional youth-related issues, the City Council can hear the perspectives of young people on everything from development proposals to environmental issues. The Youth Council also has the latitude to weigh in on traditional youth issues, such as curfew and alcohol and tobacco law enforcement. Communication between city officials and young people. The Youth Council opens up a new, two-way avenue of communication with the opinion leaders in our community's high school. In addition, it also provides the City with better access to local high school newspapers as well as cable programs produced by high school students using educational access cable television facilities.