TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
740 MAIN STREET
EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
PUBLIC HEARING/ORDINANCE REVISION
CHAPTER 9 VOTING DISTRICTS BOUNDARIES
PRESENT Chair Richard F. Kehoe, Vice Chair William P. Horan, Jr., Majority Leader Barbara Ann Rossi, Minority Leader Eric A. Thompson, Councillors Marc I. Weinberg, Linda A. Russo, Ram Aberasturia, Patricia Harmon and Robert J. Damaschi
Chair Kehoe called the public hearing to order at 7:20 p.m. He announced the exit locations in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes §29-381, after which the Council joined him in the pledge of allegiance.
The following is a copy of a legal notice published in the Tuesday, January 31, 2012 edition of the Hartford Courant.
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LEGAL NOTICE
Public notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of East Hartford, Connecticut, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 740 Main Street, East Hartford, Connecticut, regarding proposed revisions to Chapter 9 of the Town of East Hartford Code of Ordinances, entitled Voting Districts Boundaries.
Any person(s) wishing to express an opinion on this matter may do so at this meeting.
Angela Attenello
Town Council Clerk
Chair Kehoe gave a brief explanation of the need for the revisions to the Voting Districts Boundaries ordinance.
Every ten years, the state adjusts the state assembly and senate districts to conform to changes in population. Those adjustments help to insure that each assembly district has roughly the same population and, similarly, state senate seats. This caused a slight change in the town’s assembly districts, and the town’s voting district boundaries had to be revised to match what the state had adjusted.
The Chair asked for public comment and the following citizens came forward:
Mary Mourey, Republican Registrar of Voters, and Peg Byrnes, Democratic Registrar of Voters, explained the minor changes that involve Districts 1, 2, 3 & 4 only, leaving Districts 5, 6 & 7 as it is presently.
Tony Kayser, 23 Dartmouth Drive, 2nd District Democratic Chair, and Charles Casella, 3rd District Democratic member, 22 Brookline Drive, proposed different changes to District 2 and District 3, other than what the Registrars of Voters had presented to the Council, in order to better equalize the number of voters in all districts.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION By Eric Thompson
seconded by Bill Horan
to adjourn (7:40 p.m.).
Motion carried 9/0.
Attest________________________
Angela M. Attenello
Town Council Clerk
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