Fiscal Note
Although Planning Division staff will be allocated to support the Committee, funding has been included in the Planning Division Operating Budget. No additional appropriation is required.
Title
To establish the Ad Hoc Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee to review and make a recommendation on the size of the Common Council and the City’s Ward and Aldermanic District boundaries.
Body
WHEREAS every ten years the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a census of the population within the City of Madison; and
WHEREAS these changes require that Madison’s Aldermanic District boundaries be evaluated and perhaps changed so as to equalize the number of residents living within each Aldermanic District; and
WHEREAS the need to alter Aldermanic District boundaries provides the City of Madison with a chance to evaluate the composition and size of the Madison Common Council.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that a special Committee be created which will be charged with reviewing and making a recommendation with respect to the size of the Common Council and the City’s Ward and Aldermanic District boundaries.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Committee should be comprised of:
· Four (4) Alderpersons who represent different geographic areas of the City, and
· Three (3) City of Madison residents who represent different geographic areas of the City; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Common Council. Alderpersons shall be appointed by the Mayor from a list of nominees from the Council President, prepared after consultation with the Common Council Organizational Committee; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Division shall provide staff to the Committee; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Committee shall review and update the written criteria utilized in 2001, which specifically laid out the factors to be utilized in the decision-making process; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the C...
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