The presentation by the youths in the municipal council in Notodden in May contained many proposals for improving the town. One was to improve existing playgrounds and to build new ones. The head of the administration had however originally proposed in his economic plan that the municipality would no longer be responsible for maintaining the playgrounds, which would likely lead to many being closed. But after the presentation he changed his mind and wanted to go with the youths' proposal. This was the subject of articles both in Telemarksavisa and Telen on the 4th of July.