Weatherford
Weatherford City Council (Youth Advisory Council Joint Special Session), March 22, 2016: 1 item; Discussion on Litter Campaign
0 consent items, 1 regular item. Written from the minutes.
Discussion on Litter Campaign. Blake Rexroat, Public Relations Manager, spoke about the litter initiative. Staff and Youth Advisory Council want to help move this campaign forward. Victory Baptist Academy has planned a clean-up day for Saturday, April 9. Matt Ticzkus, Principal at Victory Baptist Academy, is organizing the event and their goal is for 1,000 people to pick up trash for one hour each on April 9. Staff is working with the ‘Nextdoor’ social media outlet to push information out to citizens. A Litter League town hall meeting will be held on Thursday, March 31. This will be organized through the city’s Public Relations department. Shannon Goodman, Director of Parks, Recreation & Special Events, spoke about the Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) initiative and locally, the Keep Weatherford Beautiful (KWB). KTB is the ‘don't mess with Texas’ organization and they are coordinating a ‘Texas Trash-Off’ on April 9 where participants can obtain free materials and advertising on the KTB website. Mr. Goodman stated that his goal is to reestablish the KWB board which existed in Weatherford several years ago. Some of the goals include: Determine organizational structure and board membership Prepare a mission statement Prepare bylaws, KWB guidelines, and an ordinance for KWB Prioritize projects that KWB would like to accomplish in the first year Establish a budget Develop [...]
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Sources: City of Weatherford: council minutes, March 22, 2016 (Granicus); Agenda for this meeting (Granicus); Meeting video (Granicus)