The Village of Morrin is looking for willing residents to put their name into the hat for a by-election to fill a vacant Village Councillor position.
Councillor Tyler Key resigned his position recently. Key had been a councillor since October 2010.
Key, who worked as an account manager with Acklands-Grainger in Drumheller, accepted a new position within the company, however the new job is in Red Deer.
Key’s departure comes roughly a year and a half before the next general election in Morrin is called, thus a by-election is needed to elect his replacement.
Key is also leaving behind board positions, such as the library board, and fire department. A new councillor could fill those vacancies.
“This is the first time I’ve had to run a by-election in all the years I’ve been here,” said Annette Plachner, the Chief Administrative Officer of Morrin.
Plachner is overseeing the by-election process and is collecting nominations. As of press time, there had been one interested resident.
“I have one [previous] councillor...he’s planning on taking a nomination out and wanting to come back,” said Plachner.
Depending on the number of nominations received, the decision would be made by acclamation or through an election.
Nominations will be taken on Monday, April 30, between 10 a.m. and 12 noon at the Morrin Village office.
