Delaforum: NCC Council Redistricting Maps Due By July 26th
[Click above for graph and Jim Park's story]
"The two largest County Council districts stand to lose fairly large chunks of turf when the 13-member legislative body is reapportioned this summer. They will be divided among the other 10 districts. The Council president is chosen at-large."
Dist. - Council member - Commission member
At Large: Thomas Kovach - David Tise
1. Joseph Reda - Kenneth Woods
2. Robert Weiner - Thomas Schrandt
3. Janet Kilpatrick - Joseph Amon
4. Penrose Hollins - Theodore Blunt
5. Lisa Diller - Michael Gritz
6. William Powers - Robert Workman
7. George Smiley - James Holladay
8. John Cartier - Terrance Wright
9. Timothy Sheldon - Stuart Swinger
10. Jea Street - Cynthia Turner
11. David Tackett - Jennifer Thompson
12. Bill Bell - Mark North
More from the article:
Southernmost districts, which together cover all the area south of U.S. Route 40, added a total of 13,718 residents since Council was expanded from seven to 13 members and the former Council districts were cut in half in 2003.
As a result, the sixth district deviates by +50.5% from the average population and the 12th district by +24.6%. State law permits up to a 15% deviation, plus or minus, but the state General Assembly is limiting itself to a 5% variance and it's believed county government is inclined to follow suit. If so, Council members would each represent between 42,630 and 47,116 residents
....At its first meeting, on May 16, the commission elected Ted Blunt, former president of Wilmington City Council, to be its chairman. He is the only commissioner with prior experience at redistricting.
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