A PUBLIC hearing will be held next Tuesday on a Victoria Electoral Commission proposal to redraw Loddon Shire ward boundaries.
The VEC review received two submissions during the brief consultation period.
Loddon Shire Council CEO Lincoln Fitzgerald told the VEC that council had noted “the ward boundary review process and (to) promote    opportunities for community    input”. 
“Councillors further resolved that Loddon Shire Council make a    submission ...  in favour of the preliminary report,” Mr Fitzgerald said in the council’s submission.
The VEC has put up one proposal, carving some areas around Bridgewater from the Inglewood Ward and transferring voters to the Tarnagulla Ward.
The Loddon Herald used its comment article suggesting the return of Korong Vale to Wedderburn Ward, Bridgewater into Tarnagulla Ward and Serpentine into Boort Ward with district boundary adjustments as an alternative for consideration by the VEC.
The online public hearing will be next Tuesday at 2pm.
The review was ordered by the State Government although none of the shire’s five wards exceed the 10 per cent enrolment differential or projected to be outside the range by October’s council elections.
The VEC will release its final report on April 17 with the final decision on new ward boundaries to be made by Local Government Minister Melissa Horne soon after.