The public was able to give more feedback Wednesday on Douglas County’s process for expanding the County Commission from three districts to five — although it wasn’t until nearly four hours into the commission’s meeting — and one commissioner shared some map ideas of her own.
Discussion about a new district map, which the commission must approve by Jan. 1, 2023, was the last item on a long agenda ...
The Douglas County Commission is set to discuss redistricting as the county prepares to add two more seats to the current three-member commission.
The commission is on a time crunch to approve a new map, with a deadline of Jan. 1 on the horizon. In the past week, community members have gotten a first chance to look at some map options and offer feedback at a town hall meeting.
The agenda for Wednesday's ...
The process of expanding the Douglas County Commission from three seats to five in the space of just a few weeks is something of a puzzle with some complicated pieces.
Some of those pieces were laid bare during a town hall meeting about the redistricting process Thursday, with a Jan. 1 deadline fast approaching to get a new commission district map adopted. At the town hall, Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew ...
A resignation letter from the outgoing leader of Douglas County’s troubled behavioral health crisis center project claims that Douglas County Administrator Sarah Plinsky is setting the facility up for failure in a bid to outsource its operations to an out-of-state for-profit company.
The Journal-World obtained a copy of outgoing executive and medical director Dr. George Thompson’s letter, dated Nov. 9. ...
Douglas County residents have no shortage of questions and concerns about what a new map of Douglas County Commission districts should look like, and time is already running short to decide on one.
The County Commission has less than a month to adopt a new map of commission districts that adds two seats to the current three-member commission; per state statute, the deadline to do so is Jan. 1, 2023. Douglas ...
For the first time since October, the Douglas County Commission is set to meet at the Douglas County Courthouse.
The commission was forced to host its November meetings next door in the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center after the courthouse sprinkler system damaged several rooms in the building. The group’s next meeting, set for Wednesday, will mark a return to its usual space at 1100 ...
