Title
Ordinance providing for the establishment of the terms of office for County Board Members to be elected on November 8, 2022 and thereafter until the next decennial reapportionment.
Staff Summary
• The Reapportionment Committee of the Lake County Board approved a plan that establishes 19 County Board Districts.
• The Lake County Board is to establish the terms of the office for those Board Members to be elected on November 8, 2022 and thereafter until the next decennial reapportionment is required, no later than September 1 of the year of the next general election following reapportionment.
• The Lake County Board Districts shall be divided publicly by lot into 3 groups as equally as possible.
• One group shall contain 7 Districts and shall be for successive terms of 2 years, 4 years and 4 years; a second group shall contain 6 Districts and shall be for successive terms of 4 years, 2 years and 4 years; and a third group shall contain 6 Districts and shall be for successive terms of 4 years, 4 years and 2 years.
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ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, Illinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 55, Section 5/2-3001, et seq. requires the County Board to reapportion the County by July 1 every ten years; and
WHEREAS, the Reapportionment Committee of the Lake County Board recommended a reapportion plan that establishes 19 County Board Districts; and
WHEREAS, the County Board approved the reapportionment plan, terms of office and method of compensation for Board Members at its meeting on December 14, 2021; and
WHEREAS, one of the decennial reapportionment obligations of the Lake County Board is to establish the terms of the office for those Board Members to be elected on November 8, 2022 and thereafter until the next decennial reapportionment is required (said obligation to occur no later than September 1 of the year of the next general election following reapportionment); and
WHEREAS, the methods to be used to establish said terms of office are provided in 55 ILCS 5/2-3009.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois that:
A) The Lake County Board Districts shall be divided publicly by lot into three (3) groups as equally as possible. To wit, one group shall contain seven (7) Districts; a second group shall contain six (6) Districts; and a third group shall contain six (6) Districts.
B) (1) Each Lake County Board District shall be identified by its number. Balls, inscribed with the number of each Lake County Board District, shall be placed in an opaque container. The container holding all of the nineteen (19) balls shall be thoroughly mixed by the Chief Judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit, Mark L. Levitt. Judge Levitt shall randomly draw out each inscribed ball from the container, one at a time.
(2) The group of Districts corresponding to the first seven (7) balls drawn shall be those Districts whose Members shall be elected for successive terms of two (2) years, four (4) years and four (4) years. The second group of Districts corresponding to the next six (6) balls drawn shall be those Districts whose Members shall be elected for successive terms of four (4) years, two (2) years and four (4) years. The third group of Districts corresponding to the last six (6) balls drawn shall be those Districts whose Members shall be elected for successive terms of four (4) years, four (4) years and two (2) years.
C) All County Board Members terms established by the process cited in Sections (A) and (B) above shall commence on December 5, 2022; and
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage by this County Board.
ADOPTED, in Waukegan, Illinois, on July 12, 2022.
Results:
GROUP 1: 7 Districts 2-4-4 GROUP 2: 6 Districts 4-2-4 GROUP 3: 6 Districts 4-4-2
1. _______5____________ 1. _______11___________ 1. ________17___________
2. ______18____________ 2. _______19___________ 2. _________7___________
3. ______12____________ 3. _______16___________ 3. ________10___________
4. _______2____________ 4. ________1___________ 4. _________3___________
5. ______13____________ 5. _______14___________ 5. _________4___________
6. _______8____________ 6. _______15___________ 6. _________6___________
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