What are the different types of council meetings? Regular council meetings are regularly scheduled meetings that are set and published every year. Council must meet a minimum of at least 6 times a year. (MGA s.110) All Council meetings are public meetings. A special meeting must...
The Municipal Leaders Talk Program is a service to provide confidential, professional counselling tailored for mayors, councillors and chief administrative officers (CAOs). The program acknowledges that challenges can sometimes impact both home life and workplace performance...
There is a withdrawal form for candidates who wish to withdraw their nomination. If you submit a completed candidate form and then are withdrawing on or before nomination day at 2:00 pm.
Candidates are permitted to have agents to represent them, however, a form needs to be submitted.
There is a form to become an official candidate for Mayor or Councillor.
Oath of elector for is to be filled out at an advanced election day or election day for the following circumstances:
The Municipal Elector Officer must publish the Notice of Nomination Election (can be modified for a By-Election) in at least one print format (Posters, newspaper, or newsletter) and one electronic format (website, Facebook, e-newsletter).
A Returning Officer must make a declaration in front of the Municipal Electoral Officer (MEO) that they will faithfully and impartially perform their duties in the administration of the election.
If the municipality decides to create ballots in-house instead of ordering from a printer, this is a template that could be used for councillor ballots.