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North Miami Youth Council asks city to increase youth-council funding
Summary
At its first meeting, the North Miami Youth Council voted 4-0 to ask the City of North Miami to increase funding for youth council activities; members discussed fundraisers and received a marketing offer from Circle of 1 Marketing.
Youth Council Mayor Stacy Cortier asked the City of North Miami to increase the youth council’s funding, and the council voted unanimously to send that request to city officials.
The motion, made by Youth Council Mayor Stacy Cortier and seconded by Councilwoman St. Lamour, passed on a 4-0 vote after members described low account balances and discussed possible fundraising options including car washes, selling chocolate bars and hosting movie nights.
The funding request grew out of members’ concerns that current balances are too low to support planned activities and recruitment. “We were actually planning on different activities we could do to raise the funding for youth council because our balances were low,” a council member said during the agenda item on youth council funding. Council members discussed practical limits of some fundraising options and the upfront costs for food-based sales.
Richard McCullough, vice president of brand development at Circle of 1 Marketing, offered the company’s services to support recruitment and fundraising by promoting the council’s work through traditional and digital marketing. “Our company Circle of 1 Marketing could work in tandem with the youth council to be your agency in which we can call more attention to the work that you're doing and any fundraising efforts that you are doing, utilizing traditional and digital marketing platforms,” McCullough said. Council members said they would consider the offer.
Members debated the pros and cons of specific fundraisers. One member said car washes might draw questions because commercial car-wash businesses already operate in the area; others suggested selling inexpensive concession items at community events or hosting ticketed movie nights targeted at nearby schools. Council members also noted the barrier that some food sales require buying supplies up front when the account is already low.
The council recorded the motion as follows: Youth Council Mayor Stacy Cortier moved to request that the city increase funding for the youth council; the motion was seconded by Councilwoman St. Lamour and passed 4-0.
The council did not set a dollar amount in the motion and did not specify a timeline for the city response. Members said they will follow up with city staff on next steps and review potential partnerships for fundraising and promotion.
A votes-at-a-glance summary of the formal action on funding appears in the actions section below.
