Title
Resolution establishing a Reapportionment Committee and providing for appointments to said Committee.
Staff Summary
* Illinois law requires the Lake County Board, by July 1, 2021, or by the day after the County Board's July meeting, that a reapportionment plan must be approved and submitted to the Lake County Clerk, so each Member of the County Board represents the same number of inhabitants.
* It is the Chair's recommendation that a Reapportionment Committee be established to make recommendations to this County Board regarding its statutory obligations relative to reapportionment.
* The Resolution also appoints seven County Board Members to the Reapportionment Committee.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Compiled Statutes, 55 ILCS 5/2-3001 et seq., require that the Lake County Board, by July 1, 2021 or by the day following the County Board's July 2021 meeting, must reapportion Lake County so that each Member of the County Board represents the same number of inhabitants and file said plan with the Lake County Clerk; and
WHEREAS, the Statutes further provide the County Board with the opportunity to make a determination with respect to the number of county board districts and its leadership and how said leadership is elected; and
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of your Chair that the County Board establish a Reapportionment Committee to make recommendations to this County Board regarding its statutory obligations relative to reapportionment; and
WHEREAS, the Chair further requests that the County Board approve the appointment of the following Members to the Reapportionment Committee: Chair Hart, Vice-Chair Cunningham, Member Clark, Member Danforth, Member Kyle, Member Pedersen and Member Vealitzek.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois,
1. There is hereby established the Lake County Reapportionment Committee;
2. It shall be the Committee's duty to report to the County Board its recommendations (by t...
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