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[4:46] » Hello. Today is October 23rd of 2025. It
is now 6 p.m. If we could please start
[4:52] with roll.
>> Wellington
[4:53] » present.
>> Holtz.
[4:56] » Mosley
>> present.
[4:57] » Lemonian
>> present.
[4:59] » Mosley
>> present.
[5:01] » If we could please stand for the pledge
of allegiance.
[5:08] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[5:14] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[5:22] justice for all.
[5:27] » If we could now have the first lady of
living hope, FWB, Heather Joe, please
[5:31] come to the stand and lead us in prayer.
[5:40] Bow our heads please to heavenly father.
Lord we thank you for this day and we
[5:44] thank you for our youth. Lord we ask
that you watch over this meeting. Help
[5:48] guide our youth. Help them to make
choices and decisions that are worthy of
[5:51] you. Lord, help them to be mindful of
the youth in our city that we serve in
[5:55] Jesus name. Amen.
[6:01] Hello, I'm Kayla Lington. I am your
president like always. Um I just want to
[6:06] thank everyone on live and in person for
coming and joining us today. Next item
[6:11] please.
>> Business item two, petitions and
[6:14] communications. Oral communications from
the audience. Please limit your remarks
[6:18] to 5 minutes and two items not on the
agenda.
[6:21] » Um so this is a time of the meeting
where if anyone would like to come up
[6:25] and say anything to the council, they
can come up to the p podium. Please
[6:28] again limit room limit your remarks to 5
minutes or less. Any
[6:37] seeing none, next item, please.
>> Business item 3A, reflection on time on
[6:42] youth city council.
>> So, this is unfortunately our last
[6:47] meeting because our next two meetings
land on h um on holidays. So, we will be
[6:54] at home celebrating with our families
and not here because holidays. Um, so I
[7:01] just this will probably be my last time
on the council just because I'm getting
[7:04] so busy with school and stuff, but um I
did really enjoy this year. Um, I know
[7:09] it we didn't do like too terribly many
things, but with the time that we did
[7:13] have here and doing stuff, I feel like
we did do quite a bit and that I'm just
[7:17] so thankful for this opportunity and
being able to be here today and talk to
[7:22] the council and be here with these
lovely ladies. So, I'm just so thankful
[7:26] for the opportunity.
Yeah, this year has been very fun with
[7:33] the city council. We haven't done as
much as the other years, but that's
[7:37] because of we've been having troubles
because of the weather and other things
[7:42] that are going on. So, I've had a lot of
fun. I think my favorite part was
[7:48] definitely the cow creek cleanup. We
found a lot of stuff that I thought was
[7:53] kind of funny.
[laughter]
[7:56] Oh, yeah. I just want to give a big
thank you to everyone who has supported
[8:00] us throughout the year. It's been a
really great opportunity and I'm really
[8:04] grateful for my time here on the council
with all these people. Um, and I feel
[8:10] like we did a lot to help improve our
community and the city council and push
[8:14] our name out there even further. And
although next year it's not going to be
[8:18] the same people, I think it's just going
to continue to get better and better.
[8:23] I would also like to add on to all what
they said. I've had a lot of fun even
[8:28] though we haven't had much like
events and stuff to do. Uh, my favorite
[8:36] part has been the Cal Creek because
we've had a lot of recogni reg oh my
[8:42] gosh recognition
from our community and um even though we
[8:50] didn't have um a lot of events, we still
had um things to talk about and it was
[8:57] really fun to spend time with these
lovely ladies as KK said. Um yeah, I'm
[9:04] just like really thankful for this year
and some of my favorite parts were even
[9:09] behind the council meetings and like you
know when we have to have our little
[9:12] private moments talking about stuff for
the council. It's just so fun to hear
[9:15] the funny things people say and just
what we come up with together. So that
[9:21] would probably have to be my favorite
part. But if I were to have to pick an
[9:23] event, I would pick the little meet and
greet we did. The hot dogs were really
[9:27] good and [laughter]
um I it was great. I love that.
[9:34] Yeah, all the uh meetings that we've
had, I've had a lot of fun, especially
[9:40] uh planning different events and stuff,
we have a lot of good laughs. I've made
[9:45] a lot of good connections with different
people in the community and it's helped
[9:51] me open my eyes more to different
communities like inside
[9:58] our community kind of, you know.
So yeah. Yeah. Stepping into our
[10:05] leadership role has opened um me up to a
lot of opportunities.
[10:09] And my favorite part was definitely um
the Cow Creek cleanup. I think we picked
[10:15] up not as much trash as I heard they did
last year, but that's a good thing. Um I
[10:20] think it was just really fun like
meeting all these people. They're very
[10:23] welcoming and I'm just really grateful.
Any further comments?
[10:31] had something but I lost it. [laughter]
>> Okay, next item, please.
[10:37] » Business item 3B. Future projects you'd
like to see from the city council.
[10:42] » Um, so I know we didn't have we've had
this in previous years, but um what was
[10:48] it called? The youth fair.
>> Yep. I want to see that come back next
[10:51] year. I know we couldn't do it this year
due to complications, but um last the
[10:55] year before la this year. So last year,
um I really like that event and I was
[11:01] kind of sad when we didn't get to do it,
but um I can't wait for the next council
[11:05] to hopefully be able to do it. I would
love to see that back again cuz that was
[11:09] really fun and I saw a lot of people
that I didn't know of and like just got
[11:14] to know more about them through that. So
it was really fun. So I hope to see that
[11:18] next year. I would also like to add on
um when we did the youth fair, we got to
[11:24] connect with different um small like
organizations in our community that we
[11:31] didn't really know of. Um Little Hawks,
I didn't I didn't know what they were,
[11:37] but I got to bond with them when we were
there, and we got to have a lot of
[11:43] connections with different people. Um, I
would also like to see uh the obviously
[11:52] the um
cowrete cleanup. I just said it. Um and
[12:00] the unhouse drives, those are really
helpful in the community. And uh this
[12:06] year since we didn't have a lot to pick
up for the Cow Creek cleanup, that's a
[12:11] good thing cuz we improved.
Um, yeah. I'd like to I was gonna say,
[12:17] I'd like to see um like she said um the
Cow Creek cleanup again and the um
[12:24] unhouse drives. I think those did a lot
of good for the community. And I think
[12:29] just next year planning more events,
just getting to meet with nonprofits or
[12:35] different organizations like whether
it's a meet and greet or not, just
[12:38] pushing our name further out there no
matter what the event is for. I think it
[12:43] can help us connect with a lot of people
in the community and I think just seeing
[12:46] more of that would be um really fun.
Uh
[12:51] yeah, the Cow Creek cleanup I think we
should do. It should be like an annual
[12:56] thing, you know, like every year we do a
cleanup of the of Cow Creek. I would
[13:03] also like to see like
[13:08] the youth city council go to different
schools because I know uh we
[13:16] we went to the eighth grade I think and
talk to them and it seemed like it it
[13:21] was really fun getting to see how they
reacted and stuff seeing us there. I
[13:28] think it would be nice to go to the
sixth grade school, like go to the
[13:34] elementary schools and talk to the sixth
graders. Also, the seventh grade would
[13:38] be a good idea. Maybe the high school
and talk to leadership classes.
[13:46] I know that we have a few there.
[13:51] I'd like to add on to what she said. um
going to the elementary schools and um
[13:57] like in the future going to like the
other schools. It was really helpful
[14:03] going to eighth grade because um being
in the eighth grade, it was kind of
[14:08] helpful because they would come up and
they would ask questions about how
[14:13] things were ran and that would be like
be like the next step going to the
[14:20] elementary schools because um no they
can't do it that year but they can do it
[14:25] the upcoming year so they can think
about their decisions and stuff and how
[14:30] they can build their confidence or they
can uh encourage other people to do it
[14:36] also.
>> Yeah, I definitely love those ideas of
[14:39] going to other schools. Um, another
thing I just can't wait for to see next
[14:43] year is just like to see what the next
council comes up with cuz I always think
[14:47] that's interesting to think see what
like other people want to see and like
[14:52] the events they come up with. So, I
think it would be really cool to see
[14:55] what the other council comes up with,
and I hope that next year they make at
[14:59] least one more new event to add to an
annual thing. That'd be really fun to
[15:03] see, and hopefully I can attend it. Uh,
yeah. And whether that uh I agree
[15:09] whether that new um council does um
repeat some of the things that we have
[15:17] done or the things that they come up
with. I just wanted to note how
[15:21] important I think it would be going to
the elementary schools specifically
[15:26] because yes the especially the sixth
graders because even though they cannot
[15:30] do it that year I think giving them time
would be super helpful they can take the
[15:35] time to figure out if they want to do
something like this and again it's
[15:39] something to push our name out there and
raise awareness about the youth city
[15:42] council and just getting others involved
no matter who it is.
[15:49] Any further comments?
Okay, next item, please.
[15:53] » Business item 3C, how to distribute you
city council applications.
[15:59] » Okay, so my I Last year what we did is
another council member ended up printing
[16:06] out a bunch of flyers. And I mean like a
bunch of flyers. Like everywhere I
[16:09] looked there was a flyer. Um
>> they're still up. [laughter]
[16:12] » Are they?
>> Yeah,
[16:14] » that's funny. Okay. Well, last year she
put them like all around the school and
[16:19] again anywhere I went I saw them. So
putting up flyers in schools was a
[16:23] really good idea because like when I
walked up the stairs last year I would
[16:26] look at and read all the flyers. So I I
think that was a good idea but to
[16:32] distribute them. Um social media was a
good way to do them. Uh and just maybe
[16:38] just posting flyers again. Um not even
only in schools. We can also do it in
[16:43] like places where they will allow us to
put up flyers.
[16:46] » Yeah.
>> Yeah. I agree. I think the main two um
[16:50] things that that I came up with uh were
the same things as last year using our
[16:55] um social media just our presence on
there to spread um the applications and
[17:01] the school flyers because that's how I
found out about how like when the
[17:05] applications were due and all the um
different information that I needed to
[17:09] know. So,
[17:13] another way that we could distribute
them is um I don't know about high
[17:18] school, but we have like I'm going to
say a meeting in uh the gym every
[17:25] morning. And uh we have like at least 5
to 10 minutes to talk and um I think
[17:33] that that would be a good way to
distribute it to the um seventh and
[17:37] eighth grade. um is we could bring
flyers and anybody that would um want to
[17:43] attend or be in the
uh you city council uh they could come
[17:50] and get flyers from us. I don't know. I
feel like so I know that certain clubs
[17:56] they have these they have it to where
like in the mornings they get called
[18:02] down and they have they get to listen to
what the club is about and what you're
[18:07] going to be doing. Maybe we could do
something like that at the schools to
[18:13] get kids involved. Have some kids come
down there, see what it's if they want
[18:18] to join or not.
I think that would be a pretty good
[18:21] idea.
Yeah, definitely. And um I know that we
[18:26] can also be a big help and just like
spreading the word and like you know
[18:29] talk starting with friends and then have
our friends spread it and just kind of
[18:33] start like that chain reaction of doing
it. But I definitely think these are a
[18:36] bunch of great ideas. I mean just the
more that people that know and with the
[18:40] more people that talk about it, I feel
like we'll be get it out there. Um I
[18:44] definitely do I have some contacts with
u my old elementary school so I can you
[18:49] know get some flyers to them start
talking to their sixth graders about it.
[18:53] So I definitely think going to schools
and we also have morning announcements
[18:58] that I can also talk to the teacher that
runs those and see if she can you know
[19:02] put put our thing out there for us. So
yeah those were a bunch of good ideas.
[19:09] uh at the eighth grade. I know we do
broadcasting uh in the drama department.
[19:14] Um it's kind of weird saying it because
I'm in it, but um uh we do broadcasting
[19:21] every week. Uh it goes between the fifth
and 7th um hour, but you guys didn't
[19:27] need to know that, but here we are
saying it. Um but we broadcast and every
[19:33] Friday it's uh sent out to all the
teachers. we watch it and uh maybe we
[19:39] could um I could ask my drama teacher if
we can put um a clip in there um saying
[19:45] if you want to join the Houston council
then talk to Miss Norris or whatever.
[19:52] » That's definitely a great idea. I love
that. Um I just love how we do have
[19:57] these opportunities at our school to,
you know, get them out there and stuff.
[20:00] We do have options. So
any further comments?
[20:07] Okay, next item please.
>> Business item 3D upcoming events.
[20:12] » So I don't believe we have any other
than the application, but I could be
[20:17] completely completely wrong right now.
>> I don't think we do. I don't believe so.
[20:23] » Oh, other than the application, go sign
up [laughter]
[20:27] » if you're Yep.
>> Go come sign up. Um, this is really fun.
[20:32] Um, it's it seems like it's hard, but
it's it's actually more fun than like
[20:38] » once you get to know the people that are
on the board, you get really used to it.
[20:42] » Yeah. Especially if you do it multiple
years in a row, you'll get really used
[20:45] to it. So,
>> I know it's really nerve-wracking the
[20:48] first year, like the first meeting that
you have when you just go and introduce
[20:54] yourself to the whole council.
uh like in a private meeting. I know
[21:00] that's really nerve-wracking for a lot
of people. I I have really bad anxiety
[21:07] about talking to people. So, getting do
that, it helped me a lot overcome public
[21:14] speaking and talking to others.
[21:19] » Sorry, were you about to say something?
>> Oh, um yeah. I just wanted to say that
[21:24] since even though we might not have any
upcoming events, just the opportunity is
[21:28] so great and like she said, I know my
first meeting I had clammy hands. I was
[21:32] sweating. You can see [laughter] it in
my face. I was very scared, but it's a
[21:36] great speaking opportunity and it's just
gave me a lot of confidence when I'm
[21:40] speaking to people or groups. So, it's
just a great way to get involved. So, if
[21:45] you're in the at rooms, like they said,
you should definitely sign up.
[21:49] Yeah, the first meeting is always the
worst, but after that it's just
[21:53] good from there. I don't know how else
to explain it. Um, [clears throat] yeah,
[21:57] this is a really
>> how to swim.
[22:00] » This was a really good opportunity to
improve public speaking and like if you
[22:04] have a fear of speaking, which I say
this almost every meeting, but I didn't.
[22:08] So, I didn't really have that problem. I
I almost talk too much sometimes, but
[22:13] it's okay. At least I have something to
say. But, um, it definitely helps a lot.
[22:17] And even like I'll go watch back to my
very first meeting ever and I laugh at
[22:23] myself, but after that it I can see how
much I've improved from that first
[22:27] meeting. So sign up.
[laughter]
[22:32] » Any further comments?
>> No.
[22:35] » Okay, next item, please.
>> Agenda item four, closing remarks by you
[22:38] city council members.
>> Um, so I just want to thank everyone um
[22:44] for, you know, watching again like I say
every meeting. Um, and I just want to
[22:48] thank um the people behind the scenes
that help us so much. You know, our side
[22:52] people. Um, they've been a lot of help.
>> Side [laughter] people.
[22:56] » I was going to list the names, but you
know what? Keeping it short and sweet.
[23:00] Um, I just want to thank all of them.
Um, they did help a lot. Gave us some um
[23:04] was brutally honest at some points, but
you know what? It helps. So, I just want
[23:09] to thank them. And, um, I do have an
event, but I don't have like exact
[23:12] details. We are going uh the 20 October
25th, my birthday. Um we have a marching
[23:18] festival in Independence, Kansas. Um I
think we're going to be there around 12.
[23:24] So if you want to come see us march, um
our theme this year is Rockheims, I
[23:29] think. Rocks.
>> You know what? It sounds the same.
[23:33] » It doesn't matter.
>> Um but yeah, really cool songs. So if
[23:37] you guys want to drive all the way down
there and come see the come see us, then
[23:41] that would be great. We will be actually
being starting our show at 5 o'clock.
[23:46] That's when ours is. And the
we should be getting back pretty late.
[23:53] So,
>> please come watch us.
[23:56] » Please get comfy buses.
>> Please come support. It's going to be a
[23:59] lot of work, but it's fun. So,
>> yeah. [snorts]
[24:02] » I also have an event um
annual uh Boo at the Zoo October 25th.
[24:09] Also, um it's 2 to 5:00 p.m. at the
Hutchinson Zoo. So,
[24:15] bring your costumes, get some hot cocoa.
[laughter]
[24:23] So, next week on Tuesday,
the
[24:28] Hutch choir, the Hutch High Choir is
having our first concert of the year at
[24:35] in the pack at
7:00 p.m. on the 28th. So, if you if you
[24:42] want to come see us sing, we've been
working really hard. We're actually
[24:45] doing some of our songs for
[24:50] Kier, which is a festival that we go to
every year. And we just do a bunch of
[24:55] different songs with schools. So, we're
going to be singing a few songs from
[24:59] that. So, if you want to come see us,
then
[25:05] show up then.
>> I don't know.
[25:07] » Show up. Support.
[25:12] » Oh, sorry. Uh
on the 11th of November, I know this is
[25:19] kind of far away, but um November 11th
at 5 or sorry, at 6:00 we have our first
[25:30] choir concert also or band concert, my
bad, uh band concert. Um and it's also
[25:38] at the pack,
so come support us.
[25:44] Um, again, thank you for, you know,
coming out and watching us. And if
[25:48] you've been here, thanks for sticking
around. Um, so just keep up with us cuz
[25:53] we'll have we'll obviously be having the
next year's council and more stuff. Um,
[25:58] and stay involved in the community and
see how you can help out boys. Any
[26:03] further comments? Sorry.
>> Uh, I would like to thank everybody
[26:08] that's helped us here. We've done a lot
of work this year.
[26:14] It really weird at the last meeting
because we have nothing to talk about.
[26:19] Just saying goodbye. [laughter]
>> Bye-bye.
[26:23] » So, thank I would like to thank
everybody that's here and who's helped
[26:29] us on the way, especially our community.
They've helped us a lot getting the word
[26:34] out about us.
So, yeah. Yeah. I just wanted to thank
[26:40] everyone for always supporting us
through the council. I know we say this
[26:43] every time, but truly thank you for
supporting um the people here have made
[26:48] it such a um a great time and it's been
really fun getting to know all these
[26:53] people. So, I just want to acknowledge
that and just thank you for the
[26:56] opportunity and I think it's going to be
interesting to see what the next year's
[27:00] council is going to look like. But thank
you. I would also like to thank our side
[27:07] people. I'm going to say their names.
Esmeralda
[27:10] and Ruby.
>> And also Heather.
[27:15] » And Mike.
>> Oh, and Mike. My bad. [laughter] Don't
[27:18] forget about him. Uh, I would like to
thank them cuz they've really helped us
[27:22] with our confidence and uh really pushed
us to do um pushed us to our limit. Not
[27:29] in a rude way. I mean, they can be
brutally honest sometimes, but they're
[27:34] really nice most of the time.
>> [laughter]
[27:39] » They help us get out of our comfort zone
is what I think she's trying to say.
[27:42] » Yeah, exactly. But I would like to thank
everybody that's um watched our meetings
[27:48] or attended them. Uh it's really helpful
to um have support from our
[27:58] community. There we go. That's the word.
Also, I want to thank our tech people
[28:05] because we would not be here without
them. So, thank you to every tech person
[28:08] that's ever helped us because I know
sometimes it's different people. So,
[28:12] » they always help us with the clock cuz
it's always a little off,
[28:16] » especially me.
>> Yes.
[28:18] » Today it's 10 seconds off.
>> So, you never know.
[28:21] » You never know what it's going to be.
It's like a box of chocolates. You never
[28:25] know what you're going to get.
[28:29] » Any further comments?
>> No.
[28:31] » Okay. Next item,
>> agenda item five, adjournment.
[28:35] » Is there a motion to adjurnn?
>> I move to adjourn.
[28:39] » I second that.
>> Oh, can you [laughter] can you please
[28:45] start vote?
>> Wellington,
[28:47] » yes.
>> Holtz,
[28:50] » Mosley,
>> yes.
[28:51] » Lemon,
>> yes.
[28:53] » Mosley,
>> yes.
[28:54] » Meeting is adjourned.
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[30:50] we call home. We are the Hutchinson
[music] Youth Council. Voices strong,
[30:56] our hearts are full. Serving Hutch,
we're making change. Turning dreams
[31:01] [music] within our range. Together we
rise. Together we stand. Shaping the
[31:06] future with our own hands. We [music]
are the Hutchinson Youth Council. The
[31:12] future of this Kansas land. [music]
[singing]
[31:19] D [music]
[31:22] the future of this Kansas [music] land.
Every meeting and every plan shows the
[31:28] power in where we stand. We're not
[music] just talk, we're action and
[31:32] trust. Young leaders growing for all of
us. Youth council voices strong. [music]
[31:39] Our hearts are full. Serving hutch.
We're making change. Turning dreams
[31:44] within our range. Together we [music]
rise. Together we stand, shaping the
[31:49] future with our own hands. We are the
Hutches and Youth Council.