WASHINGTON CO. COMMISSIONERS TO ACT ON REDISTRICTING MAP

  

Washington County Commissioners will revisit the county’s redistricting proposal at a special meeting this (Friday) afternoon.

The court’s meeting today comes after it tabled action on submitting the redistricting map at its meeting Tuesday.

According to Carli Koehne, Administrative Assistant to County Judge John Durrenberger, the deadline for the county to submit its redistricting plans is tomorrow (Saturday).

Commissioners tabled the map on Tuesday after a resident told the court that the proposed map would have Blinn College’s Mill Creek Hall in Precinct 1, while the rest of the campus would be in Precinct 4.  Commissioners agreed that moving the dorm into Precinct 4 with the entire campus would make sense, but chose to table the item to give attorneys more time to review the changes.

Pending approval of the new map, the county’s precincts would see two other adjustments.  The first would move a tract close to where FM 2935 meets Little Sandy Creek from Precinct 3, represented by Commissioner Kirk Hanath, to Precinct 1, under Commissioner Don Koester.  The second revision would take land near the meeting point of Highway 290 and Highway 36 South and move it from Precinct 2, covered by Commissioner Candice Bullock, to Precinct 4, under Commissioner Joy Fuchs.

Census data is used every 10 years to update district and precinct lines to reflect population changes.  Redistricting is required if there is a population deviation of over 10 percent between the largest and smallest districts or precincts.

Commissioners will meet at 5:15 p.m. at the Washington County Courthouse.

Click here to view the proposed precinct maps considered by commissioners on Tuesday.