Redistricting Public Hearing To Take Place At Tuesday, October 26 Common Council Meeting

The City of Platteville Common Council will hold a regular in-person meeting on Tuesday, October 26, 2021.  The meeting agenda includes a Public Hearing regarding Redistricting (Ordinance 21-08 Repealing and Recreating Section 2.01 Aldermanic Districts, Election Wards, County Supervisory Districts, and Section 2.03 Polling Places).  Redistricting is the process by which electoral district boundaries are redrawn periodically to adjust for shifts in population and to ensure proper representation for all potential voters in a given geographic area.  Click here to view the meeting Agenda/Packet for more information.

Redistricting was on the Tuesday, October 12 Council meeting agenda for Information and Discussion. View minutes 20:40 - 39:35 of the recording to hear staff presentation and further Council discussion: https://youtu.be/Pou29MTikUU 

Regular meetings will take place in the City Hall Council Chambers, 75 N. Bonson Street, on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, beginning at 7:00 p.m.  Citizens may choose to attend in-person or view the meetings livestreamed, via Zoom. Please see below for more information regarding the livestream (listen/view only) option. 

To comply with current CDC guidelines, as of Monday, August 23, 2021 all individuals who are inside a City of Platteville municipal building (employees and visitors) will be required to wear a face covering, even if they are fully vaccinated.  Additionally, social distancing protocols will be followed.

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When: Oct 12, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Common Council Meeting

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Redistricting
The United States conducts a census of the entire population every 10 years. This information is used for many purposes, including the distribution of federal and state revenues and the drawing of boundaries for election districts at the federal, state and local levels.

The process by which electoral district boundaries are redrawn periodically to adjust for shifts in population and to ensure proper representation for all potential voters in a given geographic area is known as redistricting. Redistricting takes place every ten years following the census and is accomplished by states adjusting the congressional and legislative district boundaries, counties adjusting county supervisory district boundaries, and municipalities adjusting ward boundaries based on the new census data.

Due to complications from the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government’s release of census population data in 2021 was significantly delayed, resulting in a compressed redistricting timeline for all counties and municipalities. A key deadline is publication of the Notice of Election which must be published by the fourth Tuesday in November. For the City of Platteville, this equates to submission to the city’s official newspaper (Platteville Journal) by Monday November 15, 2021.

On October 5th, 2021, the Grant County Board approved a tentative Supervisory District Map. Using the census data, the tentative Supervisory District map, and statutory guidance, City staff developed a proposed City of Platteville map that updates the City’s Ward and Aldermanic District boundaries. The boundary descriptions have been drafted according to the proposed map and updated within the attached draft ordinance.

The Common Council will hold a Public Hearing on the proposed map and ordinance on Tuesday, October 26 during the regular meeting.

For detailed timelines and updated information, please visit https://www.platteville.org/administration/page/2021-redistricting-process