The Nunavut Association of Municipalities began its annual general meeting Tuesday in Cambridge Bay, as its members work on rebuilding the organization following a year of staffing and accounting trouble.

Delegates will elect a new board of directors and review the association's financial statements during the three-day meeting, the theme of which is "starting over as a whole."

"We're hoping that this meeting will allow them to get back on track and get organized," Shawn Maley, Nunavut's assistant deputy minister of community and government services, told CBC News on Monday.

The Nunavut Association of Municipalities provides a single voice for mayors and municipal administrators of the territory's 25 communities.

But staff vacancies and financial problems over the past year nearly toppled the association, forcing its executive members to ask the territorial government for help in putting the organization's books back in order.

"Historically they've been a very, very good organization to deal with," Maley said.

"I know the executive have worked hard to try and get them back on track, and it would appear to us that that's in fact what's happening."

Federal Health Minister and Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq was expected to address the meeting Tuesday morning.

Then on Wednesday, Nunavut's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Isaac Sobol, will speak.

Municipal officials have expressed concern with the Nunavut government's handling of this spring's swine flu pandemic, with many saying health officials did not keep them updated on the territory's strategy. They plan to discuss what communities should do if a second wave of the flu hits.

Delegates will also hear from Lorne Kusugak, the former Rankin Inlet mayor who is now minister of community and government services.

Arctic Bay Mayor Andrew Taqtu, the association's current president, said he wants to talk about providing a level of services to smaller hamlets similar to those in larger communities like Iqaluit.