The Leavenworth County Commission has approved new boundaries for commission districts.
Commissioners approved the redrawn districts Thursday.
The commission districts had to be redrawn after voters approved the expansion of the commission from three districts to five.
Thursday’s vote came after Vicky Kaaz officially joined the commission.
Last month, voters elected Kaaz to represent the County Commission’s 2nd District. She had been scheduled to take office next month. But she has joined the commission early after being appointed to fill a vacancy created by the recent resignation of former Commissioner Louis Klemp.
Following Klemp’s vacancy, the commission was temporarily down to only two members. And Commissioners Bob Holland and Doug Smith could not agree on a map for the five new commission districts.
(Read more: Leavenworth Times)