By JIM BUTLER

Mayor Jacques Roy has returned a City Council-approved supplemental reapportionment ordinance to the legislative body without comment.

Once proper legal time lapses it becomes city law and Districts 2, 3 and 4 boundaries change.

However, a proposed resolution on today’s council meeting agenda seeks to request an attorney general’s opinion on whether the re-reapportionment was proper.

Opponents claim lines drawn two years ago should stand. The re-do moves Council member Lizzie Felter’s side of Polk Street back into her district as well as streamlining other inner city district boundaries.

She said during pre-passage discussion her intentions were for the good of the districts. The line changes were made a couple of months before her election. Opponents scoffed.

The council voted 4-3 two weeks ago for moving the lines. The three voting with Felter had nothing to say at council sessions regarding the change, other than yes at roll call.

Fairly or not, the issue has been touted as a racial one. The 4 are white, the 3 Black.

The posted agenda does not indicate who added the AG item to the agenda.

Also on the agenda is public hearing and consideration of the budget for the fiscal year that begins May 1.

The General Fund revenue/spending forecast is $73.5 million and projects maintaining a substantial fund balance. There is also a substantial Capital Outlay budget.

The administration proposes a 4.25 percent pay boost for all classified employees, excluding fire and police, who have separate pay plans.

Four non-Civil Service employees would be included under agreement between the administration and the council. They are administrative employees authorized by the home rule charter but outside Civil Service.

Salaries total $31.6 million and fringe benefits $17 million, with public safety taking the largest bite.