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Garner Youth Council proposal wins council support for pilot; youth-led program to begin fall 2025
Summary
Town staff presented a proposal, prompted by a local high school student, to form a Garner Youth Council (rising grades 8–12). Council supported adding a resolution to the consent agenda to create a pilot program running August–May with an official executive board in the 2026–27 school year.
Public information staff and a student volunteer presented a plan to establish a Garner Youth Council to provide local youth with civic engagement, volunteer opportunities and an advisory channel to town council.
Bella Soltz, the town’s public information staffer, described the proposed structure: the pilot year (fall 2025–May 2026) would be youth‑led with a maximum of 30 members (rising eighth through twelfth graders) supported by one…
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