The Aurora City Council will hold committee meetings this week to review options for redistricting the city.
Two proposed new ward maps will be presented at the regular meeting of the Rules, Administration and Procedures (RAP) Committee at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 2, and again during a special meeting of the RAP Committee at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4.
Public participation at the meetings is encouraged.
Mandated after each national census every ten years, the city council must determine whether population changes require it to redraw its ward boundaries. Results of the 2020 Census showed significant enough changes in Aurora’s population to make it necessary to redistrict the city’s ten wards so that they are all more equal in population. Consequently, some city wards must increase in population, and others must decrease in population. In adopting new ward maps, the city council must comply with constitutional requirements that protect minority voting rights and call for wards that are compact, contiguous, and nearly equal in population.
The two proposed maps can be viewed at www.aurora-il.org/ProposedWardMaps.
While the plans are very similar, maps can change due to public feedback.
Comments on the proposed maps can also be submitted via email @MyAurora.il.us.