MKSK, a Columbus firm specializing in landscape architecture, urban design and planning, is being paid up to $212,800 to help lead the update process, according to New Albany spokesman Scott McAfee.

New Yorkers had voted by referendum in 2014 for the independent commission to determine the state maps for the 2020 census, but the stalemate threw it back to Albany’s majority leadership to decide.

New Albany is gathering input from residents and businesses on what they think the growing area around U.S. 62 and state Route 161 should look like.