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NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
WORKSHOP SESSION
BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET INA WORKSHOP SESSIONAS FOLLOWS
MEETING DATE: December7, 2021
MEETING TIME: 10:30 AM
MEETING PLACE: Commissioners Courtroom of the County Administration
Building, 200 South Texas Ave., Suite 106, Bryan, TX 77803
I. Call to Order
2. Presentation of proposed Election Precinct changes by Elections Administrator Trudy
Hancock, or her designee.
3. Discussion regarding the proposed Election Precinct redistricting plan.
4. Adjourn
The Commissioners Courtroom of the County Administration Building, 200 South Texas Ave., Suite 106, Bryan, TX77803 is
wheelchair accessible. Handicap parking spaces are available. Any request for sign interpretive services must be made two
working days before the meeting. To make arrangements, please call (979) 361-4102.
MINUTES
DECEMBER 7, 2021
BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
WORKSHOP SESSION
1. Call to Order
A workshop session of the Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas was held in
the Brazos County Commissioners Courtroom in the Administration Building, 200
South Texas Avenue, in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, beginning at 10:30 a.m. on
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 with the following members of the Court present:
Duane Peters, County Judge, Presiding;
Steve Aldrich, Commissioner of Precinct 1;
Russ Ford, Commissioner of Precinct 2;
Nancy Berry, Commissioner of Precinct 3;
1 rma Cauley, Commissioner of Precinct 4;
Karen McQueen, County Clerk.
The attached sheets contain the names of the citizens and officials that were in
attendance.
2. Presentation of proposed Election Precinct changes by Elections Administrator Trudy
Hancock, or her designee.
Elections Administrator Trudy Hancock gave a presentation of all changes that were
made to the Election Precincts as part of the redistricting process. Commissioner Berry
questioned what the total number of precincts are currently and how many there will be
after the aforementioned changes are made. Ms. Hancock replied that the total number
of 98 precincts will remain the same after the redistricting process is complete.
Commissioner Ford raised a question about the changes to Precinct 7 and whether
there will be consistent representation for that area. Ms. Hancock stated that she will look
into that to see if the line needs to be redrawn.
Commissioner Aldrich stated that the Elections Administration staff has done a great job
redrawing the Elections Precincts. He also noted that he appreciates citizens having the
right to vote by vote center versus by their Precinct, as it incentivizes a larger voter
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3. Discussion regarding the proposed Election Precinct redistricting plan.
Judge Peters invited the public to speak.
Susan Laue, Brazos County Citizen and Party Chair expressed her concerns over the
disparity in voter numbers in certain election precincts. She stated that Brazos County
has precincts that are too populous. She feels that precincts too large in size create
many issues for Precinct Chairs and their ability to get voters involved in the election
process. Ms. Laue said that the election precinct lines can be revisited every odd year
and she intends to continue raising her concerns until she feels they have been
addressed. Commissioner Ford asked if Ms. Laue had any suggestions to mitigate the
issues she mentioned however, she didn't have a plan to suggest. Judge Peters asked if
Ms. Laue saw anywhere that the law wasn't followed during the redistricting process. She
replied that she felt the Commissioners Court failed to solicit input from the citizens.
Judge Peters reminded Ms. Laue that the County did hold public hearings for the
redistricting process. Commissioner Berry asked what Ms. Laue thought needed to be
fixed. She replied that this was a missed opportunity for the County to fix the population
issues within the precincts.
Bryan City Secretary Mary Lynn Stratta made the Court aware that the City of Bryan has
intentions of annexing more County property. The effect of the annexations will be that
the County has to create more election precincts. Ms. Stratta believes there will be at
least four changes to be made to their districts. Commissioner Aldrich questioned
whether the I SD's are subject to the same 5% population disparity regulation as the
County. Ms. Stratta stated that they have to be within 10% for the I S D's.
Judge Peters asked if anyone else wanted to speak. Hearing none, the meeting was
adjourned.
4. Adjourn
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The foregoing minutes of the Commissioners Court Workshop Session held December 7,'I
2021 have been examined and are approved in open Court this the 11th day of January
2022, in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.
Duane Peters
County Judge
Russ Ford
Commissioner, Precinct 2
Irma Cauley
Commissioner, Precinct 4
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