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priority. Mr. Ware said by doing this, it would establish the commission in this community and <br />would show them its importance. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch asked members of Council their thoughts on Mr. Glickert’s suggestion of looking <br />at nine young people if Council moves forward with this. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert noted that just because he is a second ward official it did not mean he would <br />appoint a person to the commission from the second ward. He said nine because he thought <br />that was better than seven and we did not need twelve. Mr. Glickert felt that nine would cover <br />the basic University City. He stated these nine would touch the fabric of their niche groups to <br />create awareness and possibly more commitment and engagement. He stated that he did not <br />make a comment on the adult representation. <br /> <br />Mr. Sharpe stated that since youth memberships will be from throughout the City, they will need <br />to feel comfortable with each other in order to work together and said nine youth members is <br />fine with him. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft asked how the appointments would be divvied up as that was the problem previously <br />and the reason to change as many as possible to where each member of Council would have <br />one appointment. His next question was how you would actualize the following: a <br />representative of a social service agency that works with young people. Mr. Kraft asked what <br />social service agency they had in mind – Planned Parenthood, Catholic Charities, Lutheran <br />Children and Family Services, Jewish Family Services. He asked who would choose the social <br />services agency. Mr. Kraft said this would set the tone as that would be the real professional on <br />the commission, as the others would be all amateurs. <br /> <br />Ms. Carter said the task force now has members with social service background. She said what <br />they want is someone who really wants to be on the committee and wants to help the young. <br />Mr. Kraft asked how it would be actualized. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch stated if the ordinance was written to say representatives of social service <br />agencies who are interested in serving would apply to the Council and the Council would then <br />appoint. She asked it that would work for Mr. Kraft. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft asked his colleagues if Council has ever done anything like that. He asked do they <br />have a list of fourteen agencies that apply and how would Council pick? <br /> <br />Mr. Crow stated that Mr. Kraft in the beginning probably laid it out but he came back to the pros <br />and cons of this being a City commission. He asked what are the things Council would bring or <br />not bring to the table. Mr. Crow was trying to figure out the constraints. He said if all members <br />of Council had a wealth of people who are applying for commissions, they would love to pick the <br />most qualified person. Mr. Crow said Council is presently filling slots where no one has applied <br />or applied for a different commission. He said he was trying to figure how they would get all the <br />folks who are passionate about it to apply and asked if they were sure they did not want to <br />control these themselves on a private basis. <br /> <br />Ms. Shirley Soule said if the Council would like suggestions from the task force, as they have <br />some ideas of agencies that work with youth. <br />5 <br /> <br /> <br />