Hot Topic of Redistricting Before County Board This Evening

Possibly one of the hottest issues to be considered in meetings taking place this evening is a Resolution Designating the number of Board Members and Adopting the McHenry County Redistricting Map.

Many committee meetings have been held on this topic and there were, as expected, disagreements as to what should or should not be changed from prior district boundaries.

There are still to be six districts with four County Board members in each. This is to be in effect from December 2012 to December 2021. The proposed map will be on display at this evenings meeting.  It has also been on display on the County website

There was some heated discussion in the meetings of the Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee regarding the redistricting. From the beginning it was decided to keep the same number of county board districts. Some of the precincts may be somewhat changed.

A map of the proposed districts which will be voted on will be on display at the County Board meeting this evening.

A consultant was retained to help the Board work on redistricting. Also assisting in this project was a consultant retained by the County Board. Also helpful has been the GIS department and possibly above all is the County Clerk who has worked on many of these redistricting events over the years. This year computers have been used in place of individuals using adding machines to keep the numbers in the districts approximately equal.

Go here http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/departments/countyboard/Documents/McHenry%20County%20Redistricting%20Approved%20Map%20-%205-26-11.pdf

For what has been approved and going to the Board this evening.