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City of Albuquerque
File #: EC-25-346   
Type: Executive Communication Status: Confirmed
File created: 3/17/2025 In control: City Council
Final action: 4/7/2025
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Mayor's appointment of Mr. Jacob Thomas to the Youth Advisory Council
Attachments: 1. EC-346

 

 

INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM                                                                                                March 3, 2025

 

TO:                                          Brook Bassan, President, City Council

 

FROM:                     Timothy M. Keller, Mayor

 

SUBJECT:                     

title

Mayor's appointment of Mr. Jacob Thomas to the Youth Advisory Council

body         

 

I am submitting for your advice and consent the following name for appointment to the Youth

Advisory Council in accordance with the City of Albuquerque Ordinance 2-6-7-1.

 

APPOINTEE NAME

TERM

Mr. Jacob Thomas Albuquerque, NM 87112

May 1, 2027

 

Mr. Jacob Thomas is a freshman at Albuquerque Academy. He is a kind and thoughtful young man. Even at his school he presented a poster regarding the Children's Grief Center in Albuquerque as part of Community service at his school. Later in the year he took an initiative to visit the Grief center with his mother to better understand how the center worked and provided critical services for children in need.   He is also part of the Speech and Debate team and he is able to clearly and effectively articulate his ideas. He won 2nd place in the interschool debate on policy. He has great interpersonal skills and can connect with people of different backgrounds and help them feel at ease. He has a sense of service and even in elementary and middle school he has been engaged in several community service endeavors.

 

A resident of District 9, Mr. Jacob Thomas will fill a vacancy and serve as an At Large Representative on the Council; his first term will expire on May 1, 2027.

 

 

The remaining members are:

 

Representing

Name

Term

1.

At Large

Ms. Mahlet T. Habteyes

6/30/2027

2.

At Large

Mr. John F. Carney

5/1/2027

3.

At Large

Mr. Gavin Mitchell

5/1/2027

4.

At Large

Mr. Mekhi D. Bradford

5/1/2027

5.

At Large

Ms. Hylye R. Montoya

6/30/2027

6.

At Large

Vacant

 

7.

At Large

Ms. Vivian D. Wiseman

6/30/2027

8.

At Large

Vacant

 

9.

At Large

Vacant

 

10.

At Large

Vacant

 

11.

At Large

Ms. Kate C. Krous

5/1/2026

12.

At Large

Ms. Olivia Adkins

5/1/2026

13.

At Large

Mr. Andoni Urioste

6/30/2027

14.

At Large

Vacant

 

15.

At Large

Ms. Celina A. Martinez

5/1/2026

16.

At Large

Ms. Alexandra M. Lilley

6/30/2027

17.

At Large

Vacant

 

18.

At Large

Vacant

 

19.

At Large

Ms. Martha S. Barrera

6/30/2027

20.

At Large

Mr. Eli Hi Crowley

5/1/2027

21.

At Large

Mr. Dhruv P. Grandhe

6/30/2027

 

 

 

Youth Advisory Council 

 

Appointment of Mr. Jacob Thomas.

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Samantha Sengel, Chief Administrative Officer                                                                                                   Date