AGM & Elections
Annual General Meeting
The Letters Patent of the District stipulate that an Annual General Meeting shall be held each year between January 1st and May 1st for the following purposes:
- to receive a report on the conditions of the works and a statement of the financial condition of the District;
- to discuss any matter relating to the works or finances of the District;
- to fix the remuneration of the Trustees for the ensuing year;
- and to choose the auditor for the ensuring year.
The date for the Annual General Meeting has been set for Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 8:00 pm at the GEID office, 445 Glenmore Rd. Copies of the previous year's Financial Statements are available one week before the meeting as well as at the General Meeting.
Election of Trustees
There are five elected trustees on the Board of the District. The Trustees' terms are for three years unless they were elected to fill the remainder of the term for a Trustee who resigned.
The terms of two Trustees, Horst Grams and Joe Bulach, will expire in 2012. Nomination papers are available at the District office. The deadline for filing Nomination Papers is 3:30 pm, Thursday, April 5th, 2012. Nomination forms must have original signatures and are to be filed in person at the District office.
A trustee must be a Canadian citizen, eighteen years of age or older; an owner of land in the District, or the authorized agent of any board or corporation that is an owner of such land, or legal representative of any owner of such land; and is entitled to be registered as a voter under the Election Act. Every person qualified as a Trustee is qualified to vote.
Please note that voters are restricted to landowners within the District or authorized agents of boards/corporations with land or legal representatives of landowners. Non-landowners, or tenants, may not vote.
An Advance Poll for the Election will be held on Thursday, April 26th, 2012 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Regular Poll for the Election will be held on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm.
Election Results will be posted on the website and will be advertised in the local paper(s) shortly after the Election.
