Dear Editor,
The MRC Council of Mayors voted unanimously to create an MRC Pontiac Youth Council on Sept. 17, 2018.
We want the youth of the Pontiac to know that their voice is important. We want our youth to see that they have a great future here. To encourage this, we are creating a committee which will serve as a forum for their ideas and discussion.
We hope that the youth will be able to develop plans and priorities to move forward.
For certain issues, we will ask for their opinion and perhaps it would be important to have a monthly report presented from the student who is elected chair of the youth council at our public council meetings.

We need one student representing where they live in each of the 18 municipalities. Each student should be between the ages of 15 and 18 years of age. Please submit your resume to the municipal office and the mayor and council will submit your name to the MRC.
The meetings will be held in the Elsie Gibbons Board room and will be monthly.
This is an exciting step to engage our youth in the future plans of the Pontiac.
Please encourage our youth to come forward.
It will be a wonderful opportunity and experience to learn about the political process and to be directly involved in shaping the future.

For further information contact me at 819-647-8198.

Jane Toller
Warden MRC Pontiac