Districting Commission Set to Start Dividing Summit County Into Five Pieces Next Week

Districting commission set to start dividing Summit County into five pieces next week

The Summit County Districting Commission will start the process of dividing the county into five distinct geographical voting districts next week, an endeavor that may take until mid-September to complete. The state Legislature this session changed how Summit County’s governing body will be elected in what county leaders called an 11th-hour passage of House Bill 356. The new law requires Summit County to implement districts for county council se…

Summit County government refutes claims made by Sheriff’s Office lawsuit over budgets, staffing

Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons filed a lawsuit against the Summit County Board of Commissioners on June 10, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release, and a day later, the commissioners have issued a retort. In its own news release, Summit County leadership wrote they have not yet seen an official court filing and no named defendants have been served. Lt. Mike Schilling wrote in an email that the lawsuit has been filed, but it will not be served to…