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City Council may grow.
In January, Austin will consider doubling the size of the City Council and abandoning the current at-large representation system.
Advocates for Austin switching to a single-member district system -- where a council member would represent a certain part of town instead of the entire city -- have tried five times in the past 30 years to reorganize the council.
This time, they say, Austin's business-led growth might force the council and voters to accept the idea.
Mark Hazelwood, president and CEO of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, says the chamber is watching the issue closely but hasn't taken an official position yet.
Hazelwood says that in other cities, single-member districts lower the cost for people to run, and that lowers the threshhold that allows more people to run for office."
Hazelwood doesn't see single-member districts as a given method for more business participation, however. If the business community wants more representation and access, it should accomplish that by encouraging employees to run for office and to vote, he says.
At the request of new Council Member Will Wynn, the city's Charter Revision Commission recommended this month that the council authorize an election in May on a council expansion and transition.
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