MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL HELD ON 6 DECEMBER 2007
Bishop’s Stortford High School
Bishop’s Stortford College
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Youth Cllr J Boulton
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Youth Cllr Miss T Crabb
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Youth Cllr C Davis
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Youth Cllr Miss E O’Malley
Herts & Essex High School
Hockerill Anglo European College
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Youth Cllr Miss A Jellis
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Youth Cllr J Bell
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Youth Cllr Miss Nadia Al-Fattal
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Youth Cllr Miss S Latham
St Mary’s Catholic School
Birchwood High School
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Youth Cllr E Sweeney
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Youth Cllr Miss E Newland
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Youth Cllr Miss S Fraser
Youth Cllr G Maskell-Gray
* denotes present
In attendance: Cllr Mrs Diane Hollebon, Mrs Linda Burns, Extended Schools Co-Ordinator and 3 members of the Public
1. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN
RESOLVED: that Youth Cllr Joshua Bell be duly elected
2. ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN
RESOLVED: that Youth Cllr Joe Boulton be duly elected
3. PRESENTATION BY MRS LINDA BURNS, EXTENDED SCHOOLS CO-ORDINATOR, HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Mrs Burns introduced herself and explained that she had been appointed to her position as Extended Schools Co-ordinator as part of the Government’s ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda. In her role, among other things, she had responsibility to work in the local area to improve outcomes for young people. Mrs Burns stated that she had contact with the School Councils in Bishop’s Stortford and would be in a position to feed back ideas and information between the School Councils and the Youth Council and she would be prepared to attend all Youth Council meetings to support and assist the Youth Councillors in their work.
4.APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for absence were received from Youth Cllr George Maskell-Gray
5. MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 1 NOVEMBER 2007
RESOLVED: that the minutes of the meeting held on 1 November 2007 be confirmed as a correct record of the proceedings and be signed by the Chairman.
6. ELECTION OF MEMBER TO THE TOWN COUNCIL’S TOWN PLAN WORKING PARTY
Six Youth Cllrs sought nomination to the Town Plan Working Party and the election resulted in a tied vote. As a result, members agreed to nominate a representative when the first meeting of the extended Working Party was due to take place.
7.MATTERS RAISED BY YOUTH COUNCILLORS
Recycling
An idea to introduce primary school aged children to the importance of recycling had been raised as a result of a Young Entrepreneurs project at the Herts and Essex High School. The scheme involved the production of a different animal shaped bin for each type of recycled material and members wondered if it would be possible to investigate whether the idea could become a reality. Members considered that the scheme would be extremely expensive to implement due to the cost of designing and producing different shaped bins, however it was considered that it could be equally effective if standard bins were painted as animals.
Mrs Burns stated that she was in contact with the Primary Schools in Town and she agreed to raise the idea with them to ascertain the level of interest. Cllr Mrs Hollebon suggested that an invitation be extended to those officers with responsibility for recycling at East Herts Council to attend a future meeting of the Youth Council in order to discuss this matter and recycling facilities generally. Members also agreed to contact Tesco and Sainsbury’s to ascertain their interest.
Youth Activities
Members had ascertained that the general feeling among young people was that there were not enough things for the youth to do in the Town. Members considered that regular music events would be popular and well attended, with the Rhodes Arts Complex being an ideal venue. Members agreed to investigate the availability of Rhodes and produce a survey which could be circulated in the schools to ascertain the level of interest. The Chrysalis Drug Project and Jamie Southwell could be approached to assist with arrangements, and Mrs Burns stated that she would be in a position to investigate sources for grant funding.
8. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA
To discuss letter regarding an Indoor Roller Skating venue.
Street FM in attendance.
9. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Thursday 10 January 2008 at 6.30pm
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