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CONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT AD HOC COMMITTEE:
LARLA TURNER, WARD 1
ALEISHA KARJALA, WARD 2
PEO KIRBY, WARD 3
KAY HOLLADAY, WARD 4
KAREN GOODCHILD, WARD 5
MICHAEL ZORBA, WARD 6
RICH LUBBERS, WARD 7
JOSH HINKLE, WARD 8
CHRISTOPHER TALLBEAR, AT-LARGE
JOHN JOHNSON, EX-OFFICIO MEMBER REPRESENTING THE ABSENTEE SHAWNEE TRIBE
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Information: Article XX, Section 1 of the City Charter sets out guidelines and requirements for appointments to the Reapportionment Ad Hoc as follows:
Section 1. - Reapportionment Ad Hoc Committee.
There shall be a Reapportionment Ad Hoc Committee, which shall consist of nine voting members appointed by the Council on nomination by the Mayor. All members of the Reapportionment Ad Hoc Committee shall be registered voters of the City and shall hold no other office or position of employment in the City government.
Section 2. - Appointment and meetings of the Reapportionment Ad Hoc Committee.
The Reapportionment Ad Hoc Committee shall meet to review and make recommendations on ward boundaries as follows:
a. When the City proposes to annex or de-annex property; or
b. During the last quarter of the calendar year prior to the release of the Federal Decennial Census and continuing through the release of the final Census; or
c. Upon the unanimous recommendation of City Council.
In the case of proposed annexation or de-annexation, members of the Reapportionment Ad Hoc Committee shall be appointed within ninety (90) days of adoption of any such proposal. For purposes of reviewing the Federal Decennial Census, members of the Reapportionment Committee shall be appointed six (6) months prior to the year of the issuance of such census. The Reapportionment Ad Hoc Committee's members shall be residents and registered voters of the City's wards, (one at-large and one from each ward).
Section 3. - Criteria for ward boundaries.
No later than one hundred and eighty (180) days after the appointment of the Reappo...
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