John Aveyard, one of the town's two experienced sitting councillors, has announced that he will not be standing for re-election and Mike Skitt says it is most unlikely that he will either.

Jeff Knight, 60, of Towamba, announced this week that he will be a candidate for election, while other potential candidates from Eden are still weighing up their options.

Cr Aveyard said it had been a privilege and honour to have been a councillor for the past six years and thanked ratepayers and residents who had supported him at the last two elections.

Cr Skitt, who recently sold his newsagency business in Eden, said that at this stage he did not plan to stand for re-election.

He said he wanted to concentrate on completing his studies in financial planning and felt it would be too hard to do that while serving on council.

Candidates have until August 13 to nominate for the local government elections, which will be held across the state on September 13.

Mr Knight said he would stand as an Independent candidate.

He said that some of his priorities on council would be to re-open the Bermagui and Eden branch offices; have all standard DAs processed within 30 days; encourage more development shire wide; provide more funding for rural roads and the weeds program; establish a world-class native reserve and park at the Eden Lookout and encourage the re-establishment of Area Committees for valuable input from the community.

Mr Knight was born Sydney in 1948 and moved to Kiah in 1951 and now lives at Towamba with his wife Lesley.

He began school at Kiah and continued in Sydney, completing high school and an apprenticeship with a farm and earthmoving manufacturer, finishing as a fitter/welder.

He returned to the area in 1975, joined the Imlay Shire Council in 1976 as a labourer and retired in 2006 with 30 years' experience in local government.

Mr Knight's father, Stan, was elected to the Bega Valley Shire Council, serving several terms up to the time of the council's dismissal in 1999.