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Some City of Saline citizens may have a new polling location for the November election.
Saline City Council voted 6-0 to approve a fourth precinct, in accordance with a recommendation by the city's Election Commission.
Clerk Terri Royal explained in a memo to council that precincts are limited to 2,999 voters. Right now, the third precinct, which generally consists of voters south of Michigan Avenue and west of Mill Pond, has 3,037 voters. Precinct 1 has 2,500 voters and Precinct 2 has 2,033 voters.
The city's four new precincts will be smaller. Precinct 1 will have 1,667, 2 will have 1677, 3 will have 1,851 and four will have 1,760.
Precincts 1 and 2 will continue voting at Liberty School. Precincts 3 and 4 will vote at First United Methodist Church. Some voters will switch from Liberty School to First United Methodist Church as a result of the changes.
New voter cards with polling locations will be sent out this year, Royal said. The city also intends to message about the polling locations.
If there are rat infested closets at the Middle School, someone needs to make it a priority to get the rodents eradicated and their access point blocked. Rats are a danger to the students and staff and nobody should be waiting for a millage to pass to address that issue immediately.
How much of the needs, including the rat problem can the Foundation for Saline Area Schools help with. Don't know if the rat problem could be the Learning Space part of the compass; especially if students are using the closets for STEM projects.