By John McLoone As the City of Hastings population grows and residents move to new developments, the City of Hastings needs to change boundaries for its four voting wards. Assistant City …
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By John McLoone
As the City of Hastings population grows and residents move to new developments, the City of Hastings needs to change boundaries for its four voting wards.
Assistant City Administrator Kelly Murtagh introduced the wards at a recent city council meeting. The city council gave its approval to the ward boundaries that were developed with the oversight of the city Charter Commission, which recommended the new ward/precinct boundaries in February.
A public hearing on the ordinance delineating the new boundaries will be held April 4.
Murtagh explained that the boundaries are based on the 2020 census, and even though Hastings is rapidly adding new developments, those boundaries won’t change again until the next census.
The Charter Commission was charged to come up with boundaries that provide districts of equal population.
Here’s a breakdown of population by wards and precincts of the new ward that will be used for elections starting this year Ward 1 (Registered Voters – 1,805) Precinct 1 -2,784 Precinct 2 – 2,778 Ward 2 (Registered Voters – 3,539) Precinct 1 – 3 Precinct 2 – 2,747 Precinct 3 – 2,865 Ward 3 (Registered Voters – 3,675) Precinct 1 – 2,839 Precinct 2 – 2,638 Ward 4 (Registered Voters – 3,965) Precinct 1 – 2,716 Precinct 2 – 2,785. The 2020 official population of Hastings was 22,155.
