1) The Mpls Redistricting Commission met again last night 2) Still no media. Attendance by noncommissioner, nonstaff persons nearly nonexistent (myself, Peter Wagenius-probably counts as staff as he is from the Mayor's office- and two Republican gentlemen) 3) Commission adopted a retention schedule as presented by the City Clerk, with some amendments which seemed reasonable in nature. 4) Commission moved to hire two staff for up to $10,000 each for staff services to the commission including some basic GIS (City GIS staff to be used for tech support when necessary) 5) Commission voted down a motion that all map-drawing be done at commission meetings, although some members reserved the right to bring that back if it gets too crazy. 6) Commission did NOT select a chair - that is to be done Monday 3/4/02 at 6PM in Room 220 City Hall. Only four eligible resumes were submitted: Dana Badgerow Greg Wilmes Matthea Little Smith Nathae Richardson
More candidates appear to be desired (and necessary) GET THOSE RESUMES IN to Suzanne Griffin at the Elections Division of the City (check the city redistricting web site at ci.minneapolis.mn.us) or get a hold of your party's representative on the commission, TODAY! 7) Long discussion of how the park board redistricting process interacts with the council process. Seems as if council will be completed first, then the commission will move on to the park board. Also discussion of timelines, enumeration provisions, and the like. 8) next meeting Monday as mentioned above. Bert Black King Field Former Hack _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
