August 10, 2023
Nominations for the vacant Councillor position on Toowoomba Regional Council must be lodged by next Tuesday (August 15).
Acting CEO Nick Hauser said nominations for the vacant Councillor position would close at 5:00pm.
Nominations have been are invited from anyone who is qualified to be a Councillor, and from each person who was a candidate for election at the previous Local Government election in 2020.
“Council must then meet and formally resolve to fill the vacant office of Councillor by appointing one of those nominees within two months of July 21, 2023,” Mr Hauser said.
The appointed councillor will serve for the remainder of this term, ie. until the March Council elections.
To be considered for the position, nominees must live in the Toowoomba Local Government Area and meet the conditions outlined in Chapter 6, Part 2 Division 1 Qualifications of Councillors, Sections 152-156 of the Local Government Act.
