Before the last council meeting of 2012, members of Milton Town Council were invited for a sit down meeting with the Milton Youth Advisory Committee. Its become an annual tradition with this committee to meet with council members, ask questions that are important to the youth in Milton and get to know each other.
As with previous years, I was very impressed by this group of students. They are engaged in our community and want to find different ways to take part in our town and give back as well. The questions they asked were fair, but challenging as well and they pulled no punches either. Its exactly what we need to make sure we’re getting honest feedback from the youth in town.
They made their annual report presentation to council last night and I’m convinced that before long we might see some of these students sitting around council’s table in the future. (Watch out everyone)
It was great meeting everyone last night and I look forward to speaking with you throughout 2013 and beyond. As I told many of them last night, we need to hear from them on what direction the town should be taking with its priorities. What should WE be doing for the youth of Milton.
If you have kids under the age of 25 who would like to get involved in the Milton Youth Advisory Committee send them a tweet @MiltonYAC Its only through discussion and getting feedback directly from the youth in town, will we at council have a better idea of how we need to shape Milton for the years to come.