SUBJECT:
Title
Erie Home Rule Charter: Council District Options and Resident Engagement
Body
DEPARTMENT: Administration
Communications & Community Engagement
Department
PRESENTER(S): Amy Teetzel, Director of Administrative Services & Operations
Gabi Rae, Director of Communications & Community Engagement
First Name Last Name, Title
TIME ESTIMATE: 20 minutes
only required for non-consent items
POLICY ISSUES:
The configuration of council districts to best reflect the Home Rule Charter requirements to "...recognize general election precincts and to establish contiguous and compact districts with due consideration given to equal representation and communities of interest."
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Town staff agrees with the expert consultant in recommending Plan #2 for the final districting map. Plan #2 follows the Charter instructions more directly and creates districts that can most easily be managed during an election by Weld and Boulder Counties. Additionally, since both options include a district that includes portions of both counties, staff also recommends the next iteration of the maps name the districts District 1, District 2, and District 3, (not B1, W1 and W2), starting from the western most district and going clockwise.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Erie voters approved the Erie Home Rule Charter in the November 2023 election and Boulder and Weld counties certified the election results that same month. The Charter either requires or enables numerous implementation actions. Among the required actions, Article 2.03 requires the Council to create Council Districts by adopting an ordinance dividing the Town into three districts to "recognize general election precincts and to establish contiguous and compact districts with due consideration given to equal representation and communities of interest." As provided in Charter Article 16.03.(3), the ordinance establishing the boundaries of the Counc...
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