(A) Membership. To carry out the responsibilities and duties set forth herein, there is hereby created a Teen Council to consist of seven voting members and two alternates.
(1) The members of the Teen Council shall be appointed and shall serve two-year terms. The initial appointment shall have two members who will serve one-year terms. Terms will expire October 1. If a vacancy occurs on the Teen Council, the first alternate member will complete the unexpired term, followed by the second alternate member. Alternates will assume the expired term of the vacating member. Members shall serve until their successors are appointed.
(2) Membership qualifications. All members must attend high school within the town limits of Florence, be between the ages of 14 to 18 years old (or be in the ninth to twelfth grade) and have at least a 2.00 GPA. Members may serve until their nineteenth birthday.
(3) The Teen Council may organize committees and adopt rules and procedures necessary to accomplish its purpose.
(4) Teen Council members may be eligible for part-time employment with the town.
(B) Duties. The Commission shall act as an advisory body to the Town Council and the town boards and commission, and will make recommendations regarding but not limited to:
(1) Policies, priorities, and plans for promoting, advancing, and maintaining youth activities;
(2) Encouraging the promotion of youth leadership;
(3) Setting annual goals to be identified in the strategic plan as Teen Council projects and approved by Town Council;
(4) Review and approve the official minutes from all Teen Council meetings; and
(5) Establish, support and participate in planned public relation events to better inform the public of youth programs, services and views.
(C) Meetings. The Teen Council shall hold monthly meetings.
(Ord. 719-22, passed 11-7-2022; Ord. 730-23, passed 9-18-2023)