REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE MINUTES

TUESDAY MAY 11, 2011

            Co. Bd. Chair Koeppen called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. and gave the open meeting statement.

Roll call was taken with the following members present:  Dick Koeppen, Jim Loughrin, Jim Flink, G. Robert Flease, Jim Boyer, Don Morgan, Gary Barrington, Gerald Murphy.  Advisory:  Jason Buck and Mary Robbins. 

Approve Agenda:   Motion:  Supr. Boyer moved and Supr. Flease seconded the motion to approve the agenda.  The motion carried without a negative vote.

Approve minutes of previous meeting. Motion:  Supr. Barrington moved and Supr. Boyer seconded the motion to approve the April minutes.  The motion carried without a negative vote.

Jason distributed maps district population breakdown for every district, proposed wards for each district and a copy of revised version of the maps trying to stay within the target population of 2% of the 1941.  Discussion on changes of boundaries.

Jason and Mary relayed to the committee that they held a meeting at the courthouse for all municipalities to attend, the Town of Lind, Town of Bear Creek, Town of  Royalton, City of Manawa, and City of Clintonville were represented at the meeting.  Town of Bear Creek would like not to be split into two wards.  Jason explained how changing this affects all of the towns around and that you have to obtain the population from some area to maintain the even distribution, problem being that the City of Clintonville’s population actually decreased this census.

Motion:  Supr. Flease moved and Supr. Flink seconded the motion to approve the Tentative Supervisory District Plan to forward to the full County Board on May 17, 2011.  The motion carried without a negative vote.

Motion:  Supr. Boyer moved and Supr. G. Murphy seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting at 11:15 a.m.  The motion carried without a negative vote.

Mary Robbins, County Clerk