Turriff and District Community Council will be holding their annual election in May.
There are currently five vacant seats on Turriff and District Community Council, in addition to these seats, as co-optees, Carol Allan & Sandra Grey will both need to stand for election if they want to remain on the community council. The current Chairperson Rose Logan and Darren Park are both due for re-election having completed their three year terms.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTION
A person seeking election to a Community Council must be aged 18 years or over and either:
- appear on the Electoral Register for that Community Council area at the date of being proposed for membership of the Community Council; or
- have during a period of at least three months preceding date of nomination had their ordinary or principal place of residence within the Community Council area and be eligible to have their name added to the Register at its next update; or
- the owner of a business located in a Community Council Area, although not personally resident there
Successful candidates will be elected on to the community council for a period of no more than three years.
For more information about the Community Council our TDCC page.
Nomination forms can be picked up at Turriff Library or you can download a copy to print off yourself here TDCC-Nomination-Form-May-16.
All nomination papers must be with the Returning Officer, Elaine Brown, at the address below by 5.00 p.m. on Friday 13 May 2016
Elaine Brown
Formartine Area Manager
Service Point
Aberdeenshire Council
45 Bridge Street
ELLON
Aberdeenshire
AB41 9AA
