Fairmont Area Youth Council Agenda

October 4, 2004 @ 7:00 p.m.

1. Call to Order

- Regular meeting of the Fairmont Area Youth Council held on Monday, October 4, 2004 at City Hall at 7:00 p.m. in the Fairmont City Hall Council Chambers.

2. Roll Call of Members Present

3. Reading of the Minutes – Kimbra

- Motion to pass the minutes from the September 27, 2004 meeting

4. Old Business

- City Council, Boards, & Commissions

- Information has been given to the organization(s) you chose to sit on. Has anyone received information from their organization? Has anyone gone to a meeting yet? Any comments about the topics discussed?

5. New Business

- Service Projects

- Lakeview Methodist Home would like us to make door decorations for the residents. They need to be turned in, at the latest, at the end of October/beginning of November.

- Anyone have any ideas on what to make? – open discussion

- When should we start this project? – open discussion
- Stepping Stones Learning Center/Day Care would like us to perform a puppet play for the kids. The dates available to choose from are: October 18, October 25, November 8, or November 15. It would be right after school – approximately from 3:30 to 4:00.

- Please choose a date – open discussion

- Would the FAYC like to rake leaves for community members on one or more of the Saturdays beginning October 23 and ending November 13? Interested in a couple of hours in the morning? – open discussion

- Survey

- Did everyone bring their 5 questions – go around the room and read the questions.

- Schools and the survey!!!! What council members would like to be in charge of getting approval for the survey? – open discussion

- Schools to get approval from include FHS, MCW, Truman, Martin Luther, St. Paul’s, etc.

- Memberships

- Any ideas on obtaining additional members? – open discussion

- Youth Activity

- When would the council like to hold another youth activity? – open discussion

- When do you want to start the planning process? – open discussion

-Should we have committees? – open discussion

- Committees

-Should the youth council have committees for fundraising/funding, volunteer projects, activities, recruiting, etc? The groups would then be in charge of setting up activities and presenting them to the council – open discussion

6. Other Business

- City Administrator Jim Zarling will be coming to a youth council meeting sometime in October/November to discuss the city budget and how the youth council fits into it.