Community Council Elections are due to take place soon.

From the Council Web Site : -

Elections are taking place this year for East Renfrewshire's community councils
And the message to anyone interested in working for the benefit of their local area is: Your community needs YOU!

Elections take place every four years for East Renfrewshire's 10 community councils and there will be elections for East Renfrewshire community councils this September.

Nominations are now open for a total of 162 'seats' available.

Anyone interested in joining their local community council is being urged to put their names forward.

Also from the council web site : -

Nominations received by 3 July:-

Barrhead 6
Busby 7
Clarkston 0
Eaglesham & Waterfoot 4
Giffnock 0
Neilston 3
Netherlee & Stamperland 1
Newton Mearns 1
Thornliebank 4
Uplawmoor 0

162 seats available - and only 26 candidates so far.

Nominations cannot be made after 1st August 2013

In order to establish a Community Council there requires to be the following number of Community Councillors.

Barrhead 10
Busby 7
Clarkston 9
Eaglesham & Waterfoot 7
Giffnock 7
Neilston 8
Netherlee & Stamperland 9
Newton Mearns 10
Thornliebank 7
Uplawmoor 5

Therefore at this stage and with only 14 days to go, only one Community Council will be in a position to form out of 10. (Busby)

So just what is the problem as we have had all 10 community councils apparently working well, over the last four years.

What could possibly have gone wrong, why will established and long serving community councilors not put their names forward as candidates?

WE would hope to provide answers to these and many more questions regarding this topic in future postings.

IN charge is the Community Planning Team which forms part of the Community Engagement Team etc etc.

The Head of Department is a well known figure to regular readers of this site.

Jim Sneddon

WHO is in charge of the whole department, Cllr Mary Montague.