May 29 at 8.00 a.m. in the hall of the Ełk City Hall held the VII Children's and Youth Session of the Ełk City Council. The Mayor of Ełk, Tomasz Andrukiewicz, and his deputy hosted the 16th councillors – representatives of municipal primary schools together with their Teachers.

The agenda was as follows:

1. Opening of the session, statement the legality of the meeting.

2. Approval of the agenda.

3. Speech of the Mayor of the City Ełk by Tomasz Andrukiewicz.

4. Adoption of decisions on:

·         Create the Department of Paediatric Surgery,

·         Create idea boxes before ECC,

·         Changes frequency of MZK buses,

·         Create official youth social media in Ełk.

5. Free proposals.

6. End of the meeting.

At the beginning of the sitting, after approval of the agenda during the meeting, Mayor Tomasz Andrukiewicz emphasized how important it is for adults the voice of children and young people and their ideas and view of reality. Then presented a report on what has been achieved in Ełk in the last on the basis of m.in postulates submitted by young people last year. He spoke, m.in. about the increased number of concerts addressed to young people, about a park for various age groups created on the Konieczki estate with an outdoor gym, about family picnics organized in urban housing estates, about the care of the city for the safety of children and young people by building active crossings and bicycle crossings. The mayor of the city also talked about the planned technical design for the construction of the Pumptrack, on equipping schools with new equipment and equipment, with an increased amount of psychological and pedagogical support in schools, as well as plans for the construction and expansion of various sports and leisure facilities in the city. At the end, the Mayor of Ełk wished all present on the occasion of the the upcoming Children's Day and invited them to the city's Children's Day planned in Saturday (June 1) at the John Paul II Square.

Following the presentation of the provisions by the discussions, and voting, free motions were submitted, which concerned the organization of integration meetings at the end of the year for eighth-graders and the construction of a Bike Park in Ełk.

At the end of the ceremony, the Mayor of Ełk thanked for all the voices in the discussion and ideas and thanked the teachers, directors and co-workers for organizing the Children's and Youth Session of the City Council. The President assured of the openness of the office and encouraged people to report ideas throughout the year.

The session was also attended by: the Chairman of the of the Ełk City Council Michał Tyszkiewicz, Chairwoman of the Education and Culture Committee Ewa Awramik, City Secretary Marcin Radziłowicz, City Treasurer of Jarosław Wróbel, as well as the heads of individual departments of the City Hall, teachers and school principals.