PARIS — Bristol has received the Paris Town Board’s stamp of approval on a draft boundary agreement the community was seeking as part of its incorporation plans.

Bristol is seeking boundary agreements with Paris, Salem and Brighton as part of an effort to incorporate the western half of the town into a village. At its meeting Tuesday, the Paris Board approved the draft.

“The plan is to keep our same boundaries and to work together,” said Paris Chairman Virgil Gentz. “It’s a good agreement.”

Bristol Administrator Randy Kerkman said the Paris boundary agreement, along with the agreements for Salem and Brighton, will have a joint public hearing on Dec. 16.

The state of Wisconsin must approve Bristol’s plans before it can bring its incorporation plan to voters in a referendum. The state’s Incorporation Review Board is currently reviewing Bristol’s plans, and is expected to meet on the issue Dec. 10, Kerkman said. He said he doesn’t expect the state to make its recommendations known until late January.

If the state approves Bristol’s plans, the Town Board hopes to bring its incorporation plans to voters in a spring referendum.