As part of the census count each decade, district lines in the county must be redrawn. Part of that task requires a committee to look at the population in each section and to try to make each district fairly divided by population.
Two notices have been released by the Auditor's Office considering the proposed new lines.
The first is a hearing for public input considering the district borders on January 3, 8:00 a.m.
The second notice sets the time of January 3, 9:30 a.m. to begin the approval process.
A map is included below as well as the information for the meetings.
Public Notice
The Benton County Redistricting Committee will hold a public hearing on Monday, January 3, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. in the Benton County Service Center Conference Room, 811 D Ave, Vinton, IA, to hear comments or objections to the proposed supervisor districts.
The proposed districts are as follows:
Corrected Description:
District 1
All of the following townships and cities in Benton County, Iowa: Harrison, Polk-Urbana, and Taylor-Vinton
Total Population-8,541
District 2
All of the following townships and cities in Benton County, Iowa:
Bruce, Cedar-Mt. Auburn, Jackson-Garrison, Benton, Big Grove, Eden, Canton-Shellsburg, Eldorado-Newhall, and Fremont-Atkins
Total Population-8,582
District 3
All of the following townships and cities in Benton County, Iowa:
Monroe, Homer, Kane-Keystone, Union-Van Horne, Iowa-Belle Plaine, Luzerne, Leroy-Blairstown, St. Clair, Florence-Norway, and Walford
Total Population-8,452
A map of the proposed districts may be obtained at the Benton County Auditor's Office. Comments or objections may also be sent in care of the Benton County Auditor's Office, PO Box 549, Vinton, IA 52349
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that considerations to repeal Benton County Ordinance #64 and adopt Benton County Ordinance #76 shall be held as follows:
1st consideration-January 3, 2022 at 9:30 a.m.
2nd consideration-January 4, 2022 at 9:30 a.m.
3rd consideration-January 5, 2022 at 9:30 a.m.
In the Conference Room in the Benton County Service Center, Vinton, Iowa.
Title: Benton County Ordinance No.76, Establishing the County Supervisor Districts and Election Precincts.
Summary: The purpose of this ordinance is to establish election precincts and county supervisor districts as the result of the population changes reflected by the 2020 federal decennial census, and in accordance with Iowa Code Sections 331.210A and 49.7.
Copies of the full ordinance is available at the office of the County Auditor.
Hayley Rippel, Benton County Auditor (319)472-2365
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