Staff Report.Youth Commission Appointments
PREPARED BY: Shelley Neis
Town Clerk
Reviewed by: Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, Town Attorney, and Finance Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 06/07/2022 ITEM NO: 4
DATE: May 26, 2022
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Ratify the Town Council Selection Committee’s Recommended Youth
Commissioner Appointments
RECOMMENDATION:
Ratify the Town Council Selection Committee’s recommended Youth Commissioner
appointments.
BACKGROUND:
Since June of 2004, Council has appointed students in Grades 8 through 12 as members of the
Youth Commission.
For this year’s recruitment, the Town used a variety of mechanisms to recruit for the Youth
Commission. The Town distributed a letter to the local schools requesting they help promote
the Youth Commission opportunities. The letter was sent to Los Gatos High School, Leigh High
School, Westmont High School, Fisher Middle School, Union Middle School, Rolling Hills Middle
School, and Hillbrook School. In addition, the Town placed advertisements in local publications
and posted the opportunity on the Town’s What’s New email blast, the Town’s website, the
Youth Commission Facebook page, and the Town’s social media accounts.
DISCUSSION:
By the application deadline on May 6, 2022, twenty (20) applications were received. On May
16, 2022, the Town Council Selection Committee, comprised of Mayor Rennie, Vice Mayor
Ristow, Chief Field, and Youth Commission Chair Sasha Balasingam, interviewed eighteen (18)
applicants for fifteen (15) available positions. Two of the applicants did not attend the
interview and therefore were not considered for appointment.
PAGE 2 OF 2 SUBJECT: Ratify the Town Council Selection Committee’s Recommended Youth Commissioner
Appointments DATE: May 26, 2022
DICUSSION (continued):
All the applicants demonstrated initiative and community spirit in applying for leadership
positions to serve the Los Gatos community and the Selection Committee’s recommended
appointments are listed in Attachment 1. Following the Youth Commission enabling resolution
(Attachment 2), appointments for the eight (8) newly appointed Commissioners and the one (1)
reappointed Commissioner entering the 12th grade are for one (1) year, and appointments for
the six (6) reappointed Commissioners are for two (2) years.
CONCLUSION:
The Town Council Selection Committee recommends that Council appoint members as shown
in Attachment 1. The recommendations for appointment are based on composite assessments
from the interviews and applications.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Town-wide Commission training budget is available to provide funds as needed.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT:
This is not a project defined under CEQA, and no further action is required.
Attachments:
1. Recommended Youth Commissioner Appointments
2. Youth Commission Enabling Resolution 2018-008