SANFORD – It may be high summer – with the Nov. 5 municipal election feeling like it is many months away, but those seeking political office in Sanford can take out nomination papers starting Friday.
There are two seats available on the Sanford City Council. The three-year terms currently held by incumbent Councilors Robert Stackpole and John Tuttle expire Dec. 31.
Stackpole told the council a month ago he intends to see a second term. He previously served 15 years on the Sanford School Committee, 13 as chairman. He was a member of the commission that wrote the 2013 Sanford charter, and served on the budget committee. He is retired from a 35-year career as an educator.
On Tuesday afternoon, Tuttle said he will also seek re-election. He is a former, longtime state legislator, serving 28 years in the Maine Legislature, and retired a few years ago after a 40-year career as an emergency medical technician. He has been a councilor since 2015, first serving a one-year term, and is finishing up a three-year term. He was a Sanford selectman from 1970 to 1980 under Sanford’s prior form of municipal government.
Nomination papers are also available for two, three-year terms on the Sanford School Committee, currently held by incumbents Jon Roux and Scott Sheppard.
Candidates must be registered voters with their principal place of residence in Sanford. Those seeking either City Council or School Committee positions must obtain a minimum of 50 signatures of registered Sanford and Springvale voters for inclusion on the Nov. 5 ballot.
The city also conducts elections of trustees for Sanford Water District, which has one, three-year term available. The incumbent is Roger Durant. At Sanford Sewerage District, two trustee terms, currently held by Jonathan (Adam) Brock and Kevin Eaton expire Dec 31. For those offices, 25 signatures of registered voters are required for those seeking to be on the ballot.
The deadline to file nomination papers for all offices is 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5.
— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 780-9016 or twells@journaltribune.com.
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