773-01 Create Youth City Council

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I1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 I I I I I'I I I 11111 • 2001005247 Rcpt: 467409 Rec: 15.00 DS ORDINANCE NO.: 773-01 01: 0.00 IT: 0, r - 01/12701 Dpty Clerk AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION,CREATING A CITY YOUTH COUNCIL; SELECTION OF OFFICERS, VACANCIES, MEETINGS, RECORDINGS, ABSENCES, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, city government is the government closest to the people most affecting their daily lines; WHEREAS, city government is commonly excluded from traditional education programs in the school, leaving young adults graduating from high school without guidance to how local government operates; and WHEREAS, the need to focus of issues affecting the country's youth has become increasingly apparent over the past 20 years in communities both large and small, encompassing such topics as gangs, youth crime, racism, alcohol and drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, recreation,jobs and education; and WHEREAS, Zephyrhills city leaders, including the Mayor, City Council members and City Manager, are committed to working with the youth of our city to address their concerns and needs, and to further educate them on the operations of their local government; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to establish a City Youth Council to serve as a forum to address these needs and involve the youth of our city in the creation of a better city, county, state and nation in which to live and raise families in the future. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, sitting in regular meeting that: (-.JED PITTMAN -PASCO COUNTY CLERK 01712/01', 03:29 m 1 of . 3 SECTION I: OR BK 45 11 PG 1303 Subsection A. Short Title: This Ordinance shall be known as and may be cited as the "City Youth Council" Ordinance of Zephyrhills, Florida. Subsection B. Creation: There is hereby created a Youth Council, which shall consist of five(5)members plus two (2) alternates. The members shall be Zephyrhills area residents who are actively enrolled in grades 10 through 12, either in Zephyrhills High School or home-schooled and residing in the Zephyrhills High School district, or in any private high school, located within the Zephyrhills High School district. The members shall be elected by their peers at high school and each member elected shall serve a term of two (2)years,unless grade 12 is completed during the term, at which time the position shall be declared vacant. The Charter Youth Council shall be appointed based on a standardized application and selected by the City Youth Council Advisory Board, which shall be comprised of five members. This appointed term of office on the Youth Council shall be an interim term lasting only until the first election is held and verified. Elections of the Youth Record and Return to: City Clerk's Office 5335 8th Street Zephyrhills, FL 33540