Cache County sponsors youth safety council idea

By Leah Lopshire

March 31, 2008 | Cache County will be raising the level of safety awareness come the end of this school year, by starting a youth safety council. There will be safety counsels for both the north and the south.

Community Service Coordinator Erin Griffith said, "We have asked each city council with a youth council to send a representative to come."

If a city does not have a youth council Griffith said they will call and "ask the school resource officer to send a student" from those towns. "We are always striving to make things better for the Cache County community," Griffith said.

The idea to start the council came from Lieutenant Ted Jensen wanting to be able to hear the ideas and problems from the younger generation in Cache County.

Students will be able to take their issues to the council member, and the representatives in turn will take those issues to the council.

The target date to start the council will be at the end of April, or at the latest May 30, before school lets out for the summer. The council's northern and southern divisions will tentatively meet quarterly at the high school after school is out.

Millville's Mayor Michael Johnson said, "sounds like a good plan," when representatives came to petition the help of the city council for a youth representative for Millville, "it's a good way to get in touch with the kids and see their concerns."

At this time there are not yet specific adult leaders.

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