County Redistricting Discussion Slated Thursday Morning

9:00 a.m.—Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee—

Meeting in the Conference Room, McHenry County Administration Building,

667 Ware Road, Woodstock

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Old Business of the Committee includes State and Federal Legislative Update, along with Final Consideration of the County Redistricting Map. It is slated to go to the full County Board for approval at the June 21 County Board meeting.

There has been considerable discussion at committee meetings regarding redistricting the county board. Some members would like to see entire municipalities in one district. However, some of the municipalities are too spread out to accomplish this. That is the result of what developers have accomplished. Other problems with the proposed map are said to be changing district boundaries from the current configuration.

The decision was made by the County Board that County voters would be configured into six districts and each to be represented by four County Board members. That is the same as the present configuration. The process, like one for the state and federal representatives, is to be based on population and is reconfigured every ten years.