Hamilton County Commissioner Chester Bankston from District 9New lines drawn for Hamilton County Commission districts will show the county’s population moving to the east.
Reconfigured boundaries for five of the county’s nine commission districts were unveiled Thursday by a committee working on the project. The three eastern districts – 7, 8 and 9 – had to give up population to come close to the ideal size of 37,380.
District 9 Commissioner Chester Bankston lost 7,200 residents, or about 19 percent, to offset rapid population growth over the decade.
“I didn’t want to give it up, but I don’t have a choice,” he said. “The numbers have got to work.”
Districts 4 and 5 were redrawn to preserve their status as majority black districts.