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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-42 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE, 1959, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO ASSIGNMENT OF ELECTION PRECINCTS.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 2-42 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-42. Assignment of election precincts to council districts.
Pursuant to Section 2 of the Duluth City Charter the city council hereby assigns the election precincts established by city council Resolution No. 12-0108 22-0238 to the various council districts as follows:
Council district No. 1 shall consist of election precincts numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Council district No. 2 shall consist of election precincts numbered 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
Council district No. 3 shall consist of election precincts numbered 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20
Council district No. 4 shall consist of election precincts numbered 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27
Council district No. 5 shall consist of election precincts numbered 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days from and after its passage and publication.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This ordinance accomplishes the redistricting of city council districts,as required by the City Charter, based on the 2020 federal census. As per the City Charter,
after the census is final the council’s responsibility is to “determine whether or not the population
of each council district is substantially the same" and to “equalize, as nearly as practical."