Lake County supervisors authorize staff time to pilot youth internship program

Vice Chair Rasmussen and the Lake County Board of Supervisors on an undisclosed date voted to authorize staff in the administration, human resources and public services departments to spend more than eight hours developing a pilot internship program for fiscal years 2024–25 and 2025–26.

The approval aims to increase youth involvement in county government and to expose students to public-service careers. "One of my goals is working with youth and increasing youth involvement in the government," Vice Chair Rasmussen said. "I'm willing to, you know, spend some of my discretionary money to hire 2 interns if the, you know, the board will support having staff spend the time necessary to make this happen."

Board members and staff said the program would initially focus on placements in museums, parks and public services divisions but could expand if the pilot succeeds. "At the museum level, funding is very tight. So, I would…