Redistricting is a requirement after a lot of censuses, due to population growth, decreases or shifts, and the Troy City Council will hear the reading of a proposed redistricting plan on April 22. 

The City of Troy moved to a mayor-council form of government in 1985 with five single-member districts, which means all five districts have to have an equal number of voters within a deviation of plus or minus five percent. 

“You try to keep the districts as close as they were before in terms of demographic and area and population,” Troy Mayor Jason Reeves said. “That’s what this plan does.” 

The redistricting plan was required after the 2020 Census that saw Troy’s population as a whole decrease to 17,727 from 18,033 in 2010. The target population for each district is 3,545 and Districts 1 and 2 needed a little more than 700 each to reach that target, while District 4 needed 200. 

Districts 1 and 2 are Troy’s majority-minority districts and Reeves said that the redistricting plan maintains that distinction. 

For the redistricting plan, the council sees and hears a first reading of the new district map, which took place on April 8. The council will then hear a second reading of the plan, on April 22, and a public hearing will be held for any Troy residents to speak. After that, a vote can be cast to approve or reject the redistricting plan.

A public work session will be held at 4 p.m. upstairs at Troy City Hall followed by the council meeting at 5 p.m. on April 22 in the Council Chamber.