Irondale adopts redistricting plan for city elections, presents community awards

IRONDALE, Ala.–Future council elections were a major item on the agenda Tuesday night, Jan. 21, when the Irondale City Council met for the second meeting of the month at City Hall. Two separate proposals, presented by councilmembers Sims and Cuellar, were up for discussion.

Both proposals centered around the same district map presented last year by the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham. The council previously presented Option 2 for approval in December but it did not pass at that time. Cuellar and Sims presented amended proposals for the Option 2 district map, distributing some households into different districts.

The council held a first reading of the amended proposal from Sims in the January 7 meeting. His proposed amendments adjusted two census blocks to neighboring districts–one moving from 1 into 5 and one moving from 1 into 3.

Municipalities are required by law to redistrict when census figures show significant changes in population. Districts must be contiguous and roughly the same size population in each district. New districts must be approved and submitted to the State of Alabama at least six months prior to the next election cycle.



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