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Common Council approves ordinance revising voting district map; one member recuses
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Summary
Norwalk’s Common Council voted unanimously to approve Ordinance Section 9-32, adding new district descriptions and legal bounds to the city code. Councilmember Seager recused himself from the vote.
Norwalk Common Council approved Ordinance Section 9-32, titled “Districts Established Concerning the Reapportionment of Common Council Voting Districts,” after a brief reading and a motion to adopt. The council voted to place the updated district descriptions and boundary language into the city ordinance; the motion carried unanimously among voting members, and Councilmember Seager was recorded as recused for this item.
The ordinance, as presented to the council, inserts reapportionment language and the maps’ legal descriptions into Section 9-32 of the Norwalk code. Councilmember Michelle Shanahan read the ordinance into the record before the vote; council leadership noted that the primary change is placing the map descriptions and bounds directly into the ordinance text.
Council rules required recusal for one member on this agenda item; the clerk noted, “Let the record show that Mr. Seager is recusing himself for item number 7(a)(1).” After the ordinance reading and brief acknowledgement that the council had previously discussed the item, members voted, and the motion carried unanimously.
The ordinance moves the reapportionment language from supplemental materials into the codified section; beyond that change the council did not propose additional amendments during the vote. The council did not state any implementation date during the discussion on the record.
No public comment on the ordinance was recorded in the transcript.
