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WITH HIM. HE WISHED EVERYONE TO BE AWARE OF HIS ATTITUDE, BECAUSE <br />HE IS REPRESENTING THE COMMISSIONERS ON THIS BOARD, HE CONTINUED <br />THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON ANY DEFINITE GOALS AT <br />THIS POINT BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL IN THE STUDY CONFIGURATION. <br />DISCUSSION ON REEVALUATING DISTRICTS <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER NOTED THAT THIS IS THE TEN YEAR <br />PERIOD WHERE WE, BY CHOICE OR BY LAW, ARE ALLOWED TO GO OUT AND <br />RE-EVALUATE THE FIVE POLITICAL DISTRICTS WITHIN THIS COUNTY TO SEE <br />IF WE ARE EQUALLY PROPORTIONED AS TO POPULATION. HE WISHED TO KNOW <br />IF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE, OR IF THEY <br />FEEL WE SHOULD GO OUT AND DO A HEAD COUNT AND SEE IF THE DISTRICTS <br />EACH DO HAVE A PROPORTIONATE SHARE, WHICH HE BELIEVED I$ REQUIRED <br />BY STATE STATUTE, <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK INQUIRED IF WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO <br />SUCH A RE-EVALUATION, AND COMMISSIONER FLETCHER BELIEVED THAT THE <br />STATUTE LEAVES IT TO THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT HE HAD TALKED TO THE SUPER- <br />VISOR OF REGISTRATION ABOUT THIS MATTER, BUT FELT WE HAVE TO WAIT <br />UNTIL AFTER OUR OFFICIAL CENSUS FIGURES COME OUT. HE NOTED THAT IN <br />THE MEANTIME OUR DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN FROZEN BY LAW AND WE COULD NOT <br />CHANGE BOUNDARIES EXCEPT ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS WHERE THEY WERE <br />EXTREMELY OVERBALANCED. EVEN IF SUCH RE-EVALUATING IS NOT MANDATORY, <br />HE FELT WE SHOULD DO IT. HE NOTED THAT THE CENSUS DISTRICTS DO NOT <br />ACTUALLY TALLY WITH THE POLITICAL DISTRICTS, AND HE DID NOT KNOW IF <br />THE PROPORTIONS ARE DETERMINED BY POPULATION OR REGISTERED VOTERS, <br />VOTERS. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER BELIEVED THAT IT IS BY REGISTERED <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS REQUESTED COMMISSIONER FLETCHER TO RESEARCH <br />THIS MATTER FURTHER WITH THE ATTORNEY AND COME BACK WITH A REPORT <br />AND A RECOMMENDATION. <br />JAN 2 8 1981 goo 5 PAGE 147 <br />