Commission Finalizes City Reapportionment Plan

JAMESTOWN – The city of Jamestown will see minimal changes with new ward boundaries lines. The city’s Reapportionment Commission has adopted a reapportionment plan, which was presented to the Jamestown City Council on Monday. According to the Post-Journal, the plan was approved after three meetings, with he commission deciding on new boundary lines that would get the average number of people within each ward to be as equal as possible, while also making the least amount of changes possible. The changes between wards are: 225 people will be moved from Ward 1 to Ward 2, 167 from Ward 2 to Ward 3, 71 from Ward 5 to Ward 3 and 77 from Ward 6 to Ward 1.  the Jamestown City Council will vote on the reapportionment proposal on Monday, June 25.