On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 09:54 AM, Michelle Mensing wrote:
I suggest that the legislators address this issue in 2005 to remedy the situation for the 2010 census and redistricting.Michelle Mensing Armatage
A couple of points:
1. This is a problem that will crop up every 20 years - every other decade. There is a general city election scheduled for 2013, immediate after redistricting occurs in 2012. Hence, there is no problem to fix after the 2010 census. However, there is no city election scheduled between 2021 and 2025, and the problem will reoccur after the 2020 census.
2. We can fix this ourselves with a charter amendment without going to the legislature. Every other decade we simply need to divide in half the four-year term starting in a year ending in a "1." Simply amend the charter to say that council elections in a year ending in "1" are for a two-year term, and that council elections occurring in a year ending in "3" which are produced because of a previous council election in a year ending in "1" are also for two-years. Meaning that council elections held in years ending in "5" would revert to the full four years.
Thus, the sequence of elections would be (or would have been) as follows:
2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2025, 2029, etc.
The sequence of terms would be 2-2-4-4-4-4, 2-2-4-4-4-4, etc., every 20 years.
Greg Abbott
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