MARSHALL — Lyon County commissioner districts won’t see much change after the 2020 census, aside from some shifts in the townships surrounding the city of Marshall, county staff said Tuesday.

A proposed redistricting plan would move Lake Marshall Township from Commissioner District 2 to Commissioner District 1, said Lyon County Administrator Loren Stomberg.

“It’s not a major change as far as moving district boundaries,” Stomberg said. But if approved, the plan would affect upcoming county elections.

Lyon County will be giving the public a chance to comment on the proposed new voting districts at an April 19 hearing.

During Tuesday’s county board meeting, Stomberg went over the proposed changes for county commissioners. U.S. counties are among the local government units that are in the process of updating their voting districts after the 2020 census.

“The only difference here is Lake Marshall (Township) is no longer part of Commissioner District 2,” said Commissioner Steve Ritter.

Commissioner District 2 would include only Ward 2 of the city of Marshall, while Commissioner District 1 would include Ward 1 in the city of Marshall, Fairview Township and Lake Marshall Township. Commissioner district 3 would include Ward 3 in the city of Marshall, as well as Lynd Township and the city of Lynd.

The remaining two commissioner districts, District 4 and District 5, would stay the same, Stomberg said. District 4 covers the northern half of the county, while District 5 covers the southern half.

Stomberg and county commissioners said changes of more than 5% in the average population of the voting districts would mean their commissioner seats would have to go up for election.

If the proposed redistricting plan is approved, Commissioner Districts 1, 2 and 3 would all be up for election. However, Stomberg said commissioners could choose to set the term lengths of the three seats so that in the future, all three Marshall districts wouldn’t be up for election at the same time.

Stomberg said he hadn’t been presented with any alternative redistricting proposals.

“We did look at a bunch of various ones that really cut up the county,” Stomberg said.

However, the proposal being brought forward this month did a better job of meeting redistricting requirements, he said.

“One of the requirements is you want to keep it as compact as possible, and I think this does a really nice job of doing that,” he said.

The proposed new commissioner districts are also close in population, which is another key part of redistricting, commissioners said Tuesday.

A public hearing on the proposed county commissioner district changes will be at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19.