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 reasons:

• To receive a report on the conditions of works and of the financial condition of the District;
• To discuss any related matter of the works or Finances of the District;
• To fix the remuneration for the Trustees for the ensuring year;
• To choose the auditor for the ensuring year.
  

Election of Trustees

There are five elected Trustees on the Board for the District. The Trustee terms are for three years unless they were elected to fill the remainder of a term for a Trustee who resigned. The next election is TBD.

Nomination Deadline

1. Eligible individuals must declare their willingness to run for the elected position of trustee by completing a nomination form and submitting it to the Returning Officer, through email or hand delivery to the Admin Office.

2. The nomination form must be signed by 2 nominators.

3. Nominations close 7 days prior to the election, or 14 days from election notice.

Trustee and Voter Qualifications

To be eligible to vote or be a candidate for a Trustee a person must be eighteen years of age, a Canadian citizen, an owner of land within the improvement district boundaries and must be a resident of British Columbia for the previous six months. Every person qualified as a Trustee is qualified to vote.

Please note that the voters are restricted to landowners within the improvement district. Tenants or Non-landowners are not eligible to vote.

Trustee Election During COVID-19

RWWD Trustee Election Procedures have been  updated in compliance with BC COVID-19 restrictions, including annual trustee election being conducted separately from the AGM. 

TRUSTEE ELECTION PROCEDURES