06-Minutes from the meeting on June 9; June 13, 2011 and June 21, 2011

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Speciai Council Meeting lune 9, 2011 Page 2 Mr. Bass explained the process to include dividing the total population of the City of Paris and dividing it by the seven single member districts. Mr. Bass said the total population of Paris was 25,171, which means the ideal population of each district would be 3,596. He also said that Districts 1 and 2 were under populated, while Districts 4 and 7 were over populated. Mr. Bass advised City Council that they should redistrict, because there were only a few percentage points separating the City of Paris from the 10% maximum standard of total maximum deviation and his goal was to get the City under 5%. Mr. Bass said that it was going to be a challenge to add percentages to Districts 1 and 2. Council Member Rhonda Rogers said that she would like the map cleaned up and did not think they should be concerned about incumbents and location of polling places. Mayor Pro-Tem McCarthy agreed. Council Member Rhonda Rogers also said that she would like to strike paragraph 8 from Exhibit "A" of the Order. Mr. Bass said there were two options with regard to proceeding with the redistricting process, one was to let the City Council give direction and draft a document locally and the other option was that his firm would draft a document. It was a consensus of the City Council to have Mr. Bass' firm draft the redistricting document. Mr. Bass told the City Council that he would work on the plan and forward it to them and subsequently, they would have another session to discuss it. Council Member Pickle asked Mr. Bass to e-mail the plan to Gene Anderson, so that Mr. Anderson could forward it to all of the Council Members. Mr. Bass said they need to have the proposal to Washington by August 1 S', and that his goal was to get a plan to them within ten days. 5. Deliberate and possibly act on a Resolution adopting an Order establishing criteria for redistricting of the City of Paris political boundaries; and authorizing the Mayor or the Mayor Pro-Tem to execute all necessary documents. No action was taken on this item. 6. Deliberate and possibly act on a Resolution adopting an Order calling for the redistricting of political boundaries and City Council Districts within the City of Paris; and authorizing the Mayor or the Mayor Pro-Tem to execute all necessary documents. No action was taken on this item. 7. Adjournment. There being no further business, a Motion to adjourn was made by Council Member Pickle and was seconded by Council Member Frierson. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. The meeting was adjourned at 1:25 p.m. JOE MCCARTHY, MAYOR PRO-TEM JANICE ELLIS, CITY CLERK 5