2012 Meeting Schedule:
All meetings start at 6:30 p.m. and are at the Dryden Town Hall unless otherwise noted.
Tentative agenda items follow the date for each meeting – once the final agenda is available, a link will be added to the date itself.

February 1 - Elect officers, confirm calendar, assign liaisons; discussion re: annual report content; DYC/DRC merge plan; program annual reports due
March 7 - review draft of DYC annual report; adopt annual goals; DYC adn Youth Development overview for DRC; reports from OURS and RYS
April 18 - 1st qtr rpts to Villages, Town, including annual report; joint meeting with DRC; discuss participation in Diary Days
May 9 - End of semester celebration for OURS; review DYC membership/vacancies
June 13 - Review progress toward 2012 DYC goals; plan for program monitoring for summer programs; review 2013 funding request paperwork; report from OURS and RYS
No July meeting
August 8 - Reports from summer funded programs; update on monitoring; reports from Village of Freeville youth jobs and Village of Dryden youth jobs
September 12 - Review program funding requests for 2013; program budget request to Town and Villages; sent notice to summer programs to voucher Town for their funds
October 10 - Review goals, budget; 3rd qtr reports to Town; 3rd qtr budget review; discuss needs assessment planning for 2013; report from OURS, RYS and Southworth Library
No November Meeting
December 12 - Finalize budget & allocations; send award letters to programs; send year end report requests to programs; end of year reviews, nominate officers; check in with members whose terms are expiring 12/31 (dedpending on status of restructuring of DYC/DRC)

To confirm meeting time or location, please call Kris Bennett at 274-5310

The Dryden Youth Commission serves as an advisory group to the Town and consists of 7 members representing the 3 participating municipalities. Three members represent the Town of Dryden and serve staggered 3-year terms. Two members each represent the Villages of Dryden and Freeville and serve staggered two-year terms. All terms end Dec. 31. The Commission assesses the needs of youth and supports programs to meet these needs, using funds from the Town, County and State.

The Dryden Youth Commission meets once a month in the evening with an occasional extra meeting. Meetings are open to the public. We are especially interested in the active participation of young people. Their by-laws can be downloaded here.

Voting Members:
Town of Dryden:
Jeff Walkuski (2012)
Shelby Murphy (2013)
Tracy Kurtz (2014)

Village of Dryden:
JoEllen Bailey (2012)
Vacancy (2013)

Village of Freeville:
Chrissy Guest, Asst. Chair (2012)
Stephanie Mulinos, Chair (2013)

Non-Voting Members:
Liaison to Town:
Melissa Bianconi, Recreation Director

Liaison to County:
Kris Bennett

Town of Dryden, Village of Dryden and Village of Freeville

2012 DYC Funding Application (pdf) The grant deadline has passed.

2009 Needs Assessment (pdf)

Dryden Youth Programs:

List of 2012 Dryden Programs funded by the Dryden Youth Commission. (pdf)

List of 2011 Dryden Programs funded by the Dryden Youth Commission. (pdf)

List of 2010 Dryden Programs funded by the Dryden Youth Commission. (pdf)

Youth Employment Guide (pdf)

2011 Annual Report (pdf)
2010 Annual Report (pdf)