Notice of Motion
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YOUTH COUNCIL cont’d
The Youth Council will allow Councillors and Staff to better understand their interests and possible concerns of our young residents. Council can also better explain its roles and responsibilities during the breaks and promote a better level of understanding of its role in the three levels of Government we have in Australia. Given Council is not an adversarial chamber like Parliaments Students do not have to be for or against the Agenda item. They may share their concerns about the subject matter or they express a particular point of view. The Youth Council would take the following format:
The Youth Council will be chaired by the Mayor and Councillors can facilitate the meeting as Chair (acting Mayor) throughout the day.
Two students from each school act as Councillors (8 students at a time act as the Council) with 4 sessions in the day.
The Schools (students) to set the Agenda.
Agenda items to be discussed for approximately 30 minutes (mover will have 5 minutes everyone else 3 minutes with a summation of 2 minutes) Like Council there will be 14 minutes allocated for comments from the gallery (this would allow up to 7 students to make a 2 minute comment).
Each Council session lasting 45 minutes in total.
The day Agenda will be: 9.45am: 10am: 10.30am: 11.15am: 12noon: 12.45pm. 1.30pm. 2.15pm. 2.30pm.
Arrival Morning Tea and Introductions Session 1 Session 2 Lunch (Directors can give overview of their Departments during Lunch) Session 3 Session 4* Afternoon Tea Conclusion
*last session may be reduced depending on numbers participating.
With four sessions This would allow 32 students to be Councillors and 28 to participate from the gallery. Total of 60 Students.
The day will commence with a briefing from the Mayor and CEO over morning tea with two sessions before lunch and 2 sessions after lunch. The day will conclude with an afternoon tea.
An appropriate sized room will need to be provided at the Centre Ivanhoe to host the teas and lunch. Council will have displays from each Department around the room outlining their roles and responsibilities. Councillors, CEO, Directors and Senior Management would be invited to interact with the students during the breaks.
Ordinary Meeting of Council - 17 March 2014
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