Single-member district voting to be written into the charter
Summary
Board members assumed single-member districts — where only a ward's residents vote for their commissioner — were already in the charter; they were actually only in the ordinances. They voted to fix that by writing the ordinance language directly into the charter.
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Last discussed May 28, 2026.
Impact analysis
There’s no specific dollar figure in the notice, but redistricting can carry modest election and administrative costs—not a major budget item.
Ward residents gain explicit charter-level protection that only they choose their commissioner.
People whose neighborhoods get split or moved into a new ward may lose familiar representation and see their local political clout shift.
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Charter Review Advisory Board - May 28, 2026
Board members assumed single-member districts — where only a ward's residents vote for their commissioner — were already in the charter; they were actually only in the ordinances. They voted to fix that by writing the ordinance language directly into the charter.
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