City council to continue mulling ward changes
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This article was published 17/04/2022 (1516 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
In preparation for the municipal election in fall, Brandon City Council will potentially give a second and third reading to a bylaw that would transform the region’s ward system at Tuesday’s meeting.
The move to change the boundaries and names of the electoral wards in the city was spurred by the considerable population growth seen over the past several years, according to the city. The last time Brandon completed a full review of electoral ward boundaries was in 2008.
According to the Municipal Act, changes to a city’s wards must try to achieve an approximately equal number of residents in each ward. Consideration should also be given to community or diversity interests, topographical features, settlement patterns and population trends.
The recent release of the 2021 census data provided the basis for the review. The census indicates Brandon has a total population of 51,313 residents and dwelling units of 22,526, representing a population growth of five per cent from 2016.
“The review of the ward boundaries is also an opportunity to examine the current names assigned to each ward. The historical monikers that have been assigned to the wards can become misleading based on the changes to the ward boundaries,” a city document says. “It is proposed that they be changed to directional names which will allow residents to identify wards based on their location within the city.”
Council gave first reading to the bylaw on April 4.
By law, any change to municipal boundaries must be passed at least 180 days before a general municipal election. That means the city must make any changes by April 29, ahead of the Oct. 29 election date.
The proposed new names are Brandon North Electoral Ward 1, Brandon North-Centre Electoral Ward 2, Brandon West-Centre, Brandon West Electoral Ward 4, Brandon Southwest-Centre Electoral Ward 5, Brandon South-Centre Electoral Ward 6, Brandon South Electoral Ward 8, Brandon East Electoral 9 and Brandon South-East Electoral 10.
Other items on council’s agenda for Tuesday’s meeting include a presentation regarding the Brandon economic restart program, a request for funding to renovate the Park Community Centre and the requested approval of an affordable housing incentive for Habitat for Humanity Manitoba on Franklin Street.
»The Brandon Sun