City Council Considers Redistricting To Even Out Ward Populations

GENEVA, IL — Geneva City Council is considering redistricting to accommodate a growth in population in the last nearly three decades, officials said.

The current ward boundary map was approved in 1996, and Geneva has since grown by about 5,000 people. As a result, wards are no longer equal in population as required by the Illinois Municipal Code.

Officials said the proposed redistricting recommends new boundary lines to even out the populations in the city's five wards — amounting to between 4,200 to 4,400 people per area. Two alderpeople will continue to represent each ward.

City Council will vote on a new map during its Aug. 19 meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 109 James St.

Those who can't attend the meeting can also watch it through a livestream on Geneva Broadcast Network (Comcast Ch. 10, MetroNet Ch. 93 and AT&T U-Verse Ch. 99) and the city's YouTube channel.