ADOPTED -MAY 22, 2001

Agenda Item No. 8

Introduced by the Administrative Services/Personnel and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHALLENGE TO THE OFFICIAL 2000 CENSUS COUNTS FOR INGHAM COUNTY

RESOLUTION #01-160

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Apportionment Commission has begun its work to determine new commissioner districts; and

WHEREAS, the Apportionment Commission has been reviewing the recently released census data as it proceeds to do its work; and

WHEREAS, there appear to be enough significant errors in the recently released census data that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners should consider a challenge.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that based upon these errors which include the following, the Board of Commissioners will challenge the official 2000 Census count:

The Ingham County Jail was erroneously placed in

• Alaiedon Township rather than the City of Mason

A residential neighborhood in East Lansing had a 2030%

increase. It appears that non-residents were erroneously included

• in that neighborhood in the census count.

The dormitories of Akers and Hubbard had a population

decrease of 55.59%. It appears that persons residing therein

• were erroneously excluded from the census count.

The Snyder-Phillips dormitory had a population increase of 268.14%.

• It appears that non-residents were erroneously included in that dormitory in

the census count.

The Mason-Abbott dormitory had a population decrease of 100%. It

• appears that persons residing therein were erroneously excluded

from the census count.

The Shaw dormitory had a population decrease of 100%. It

• appears that persons residing therein were erroneously excluded

from the census count.

The dormitories in the West Circle area including Landon and Yakeley-Gilchrist, had a population decrease of 57.92%. It appears that persons residing therein were

• erroneously excluded from the census count.
• The actual census counts for these locations for the 1990and 2000 census are attached.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Attorney is authorized to take such actions as necessary to challenge the official 2000 Census count.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL COMMITTEE: Yeas: Stid, Celentino,

Minter, De Leon, Swope Nays: None Absent: None Approved 5/15/01

FINANCE COMMITTEE: Yeas: Czarnecki, Hertel, Minter, Swope, Lynch

Nays: None Absent: Schafer, Krause Approved 5/16/01