Senate Committee Questions H.508 Change Letting Burlington Council Redraw Wards
The Senate Committee on Government Operations reviewed H.508, which would remove detailed ward boundary language from the Burlington charter and let the city council change election-area lines; members questioned the lack of an automatic reapportionment timetable and asked for municipal representatives to explain the city’s plan.
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The Senate Committee on Government Operations on Feb. 3 reviewed H.508, a bill that would remove the charter's "meets and bounds" descriptions of Burlington ward lines and allow the city council to change election-area boundaries without required timing tied to the decennial census.
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