Three seats open on board
Issue date: 1/29/07 Section: News
Potential candidates for the Kirtland Community College Board of Trustees will be competing for three seats in an upcoming election on Tuesday, May 8. But those seeking to join the KCC board must first complete the tasks necessary to get their name on the ballot, and an important deadline looms ahead.
The cut-off to file nominating petitions or to pay an optional $100 filing fee is Tuesday, Feb. 13. Persons considering running for a board position may pick up nominating petitions at either the Roscommon County Clerk's office or at the president's office on Kirtland's main campus near Roscommon.
The number of signatures needed to have a candidate placed on the ballot may vary from 50 to 200, and must be signatures of registered voters from within the college's tax district that includes Crawford, Oscoda, Ogemaw and Roscommon counties, as well as portions of Alcona, Gladwin, Kalkaska, Missaukee and Otsego counties.
"Candidates who elect to pay the optional $100 filing fee are not required to secure voter signatures," said Dr. Charles Rorie, KCC president.
Filing the nominating petitions or payment of the optional filing fee must be completed at the Roscommon County Clerk's office, located in the Roscommon County Courthouse in downtown Roscommon, even if the candidates are from other counties within Kirtland's tax district.
"Everything is being handled by the (Roscommon) county clerk's office," said Kathy Koch, administrative assistant to the president at KCC.
Elections to the seven-member board of trustees are usually held every two years, with at least two seats up for election. Originally, the election for the three seats now slated to be on the ballot was to be held in June 2006.
Recent changes in state election laws consolidated the number of elections and resulted in KCC board members, who are elected to six-year terms of office, serving a year more than anticipated, after college officials chose to move the elections from even to odd-numbered years.
The cut-off to file nominating petitions or to pay an optional $100 filing fee is Tuesday, Feb. 13. Persons considering running for a board position may pick up nominating petitions at either the Roscommon County Clerk's office or at the president's office on Kirtland's main campus near Roscommon.
The number of signatures needed to have a candidate placed on the ballot may vary from 50 to 200, and must be signatures of registered voters from within the college's tax district that includes Crawford, Oscoda, Ogemaw and Roscommon counties, as well as portions of Alcona, Gladwin, Kalkaska, Missaukee and Otsego counties.
"Candidates who elect to pay the optional $100 filing fee are not required to secure voter signatures," said Dr. Charles Rorie, KCC president.
Filing the nominating petitions or payment of the optional filing fee must be completed at the Roscommon County Clerk's office, located in the Roscommon County Courthouse in downtown Roscommon, even if the candidates are from other counties within Kirtland's tax district.
"Everything is being handled by the (Roscommon) county clerk's office," said Kathy Koch, administrative assistant to the president at KCC.
Elections to the seven-member board of trustees are usually held every two years, with at least two seats up for election. Originally, the election for the three seats now slated to be on the ballot was to be held in June 2006.
Recent changes in state election laws consolidated the number of elections and resulted in KCC board members, who are elected to six-year terms of office, serving a year more than anticipated, after college officials chose to move the elections from even to odd-numbered years.
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