Committee noted the presence of Abby McIntyre in the gallery highlighting that Ms. McIntyre provided the concept of Youth Citizen of the Year.
Members discussed the implementation of the program, video submissions and confidentiality. The youth aged 12-17 would be an additional category to the existing Citizen of the Year award. The current process of Council selecting an individual in a closed session and revealing it to the individual at a later date was reviewed. There was a brief discussion on confidentiality restrictions and the necessity for parental consent to release information, specifically for videos relating to youth/minors.
Committee briefly discussed appropriate parameters for receiving and promoting youth video nominations and avoiding contention between nominees. Members suggested the promotion of all nominations being received by recognizing all nominees as winners for their positive contributions and allowing Council to select an individual to highlight as the winner.