FORT PIERCE YOUTH COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
MEETING MINUTES
Fort Pierce Youth Council - Thursday, March 26, 2026 - 4:00 p.m.City Hall - 2nd Floor Conference Room, 100 North U.S. #1, Fort Pierce, Florida
1.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Janessa Diaz called the meeting to order at 4:05 P.M.
2.
ROLL CALL
- Present:
- Vice Chair Reese Adams; Chairperson Janessa Diaz; Clarice Jean; Bianca Estime; Marcos Vaughn; Elizabeth Outten; Timothy Nixon
- Absent:
- Naomi Hypolite; 2nd Vice Chair Mayling Augustin
- Staff Present:
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- Audria Moore, Special Projects Coordinator
- Brittany Meredith, Deputy City Clerk
Motion made by Clarice Jean, Seconded by Timothy Nixon to excuse the absence of Mayling Augustin and Naomi Hypolite.
- AYE:
- Bianca Estime, Clarice Jean, Elizabeth Outten, Marcos Vaughn, Timothy Nixon, Chairperson Janessa Diaz, Vice Chair Reese Adams
3.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a.
Approval of the minutes from the March 12, 2026, Fort Pierce Youth Council meeting.
Motion made by Timothy Nixon, Seconded by Clarice Jean to approve the minutes from the March 12, 2026 Fort Pierce Youth Council meeting.
- AYE:
- Bianca Estime, Clarice Jean, Elizabeth Outten, Marcos Vaughn, Timothy Nixon, Chairperson Janessa Diaz, Vice Chair Reese Adams
4.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
Any person who wishes to comment on any subject on this Agenda may be heard at this time. Please limit your comments to no more than five (5) minutes, as this section of the Agenda is limited to thirty minutes. The Youth Advisory Committee will not be able to take any official action under “Comments from the Public” section.
Any person who wishes to comment on any subject on this Agenda may be heard at this time. Please limit your comments to no more than five (5) minutes, as this section of the Agenda is limited to thirty minutes. The Youth Advisory Committee will not be able to take any official action under “Comments from the Public” section.
No Comments
5.
OLD BUSINESS
a.
Listening Event
The Board discussed different stations they would like to see at the listening event. Mr. Nixon mentioned a bead battle station where participants would have to battle in a game of rock, paper, scissors to win beads and if they lost them, they could win them back from the station leaders by answering questions like what do you want in our community? He also discussed an impostor game the participants could play as an icebreaker. Ms. Jean mentioned a sticky note board where participants could write their answers to a couple of different questions and post them to a board as well as a draw your ideal community activity where we would have a large roll of paper and participants could draw their ideas. The board discussed doing a debate station and a candy game where they could put candy in boxes with the topics they thought were the most important. They selected Reese to do the introduction for Commissioner Gaines and Marcos to do the event introduction. They selected their stations to be building a community, bead battle, and mental health. The icebreaker will be the sticky note board when they are signing in to the event.
Motion made by Timothy Nixon, Seconded by Marcos Vaughn to hold a special meeting April 9th at 4 P.M.
- AYE:
- Bianca Estime, Clarice Jean, Elizabeth Outten, Marcos Vaughn, Timothy Nixon, Chairperson Janessa Diaz, Vice Chair Reese Adams
6.
COMMITTEE AND STAFF COMMENTS
7.
ADJOURNMENT
Chairperson Janessa Diaz adjourned the meeting at 5:13 P.M.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons with disabilities needing special accommodation to participate in this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at (772) 467-3065 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.