The Indiana Borough Council heard the results of a community survey about reapportionment on Tuesday night during the monthly work session.
One of the questions asked by the survey was if participants wanted an at-large system, a two-ward system or a three-ward system. And the results showed close to 50 percent of those who took the poll wanted the at-large system, while the rest of the votes were evenly split between a two-ward system and a three-ward system. Kaycee Newell, the chair of the Ad Hoc Reapportionment Committee, said that she expected some different results.
That compromise is to go with a two-ward system and an eight-member borough council, according to the committee’s recommendation. Newell talked about the advantage of the two-ward system.
After the presentation, council approved by an 11-1 vote to request borough solicitor Patrick Dougherty to draft two ordinances. One will shrink the borough’s wards from four to two and to reduce the number of council members to eight. Gerald Smith voted against the motion.
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