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RFP-MCC-2601 Supply of 3/4 Ton Pickup Truck
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The Municipality of the County of Cumberland is currently advertising a request for proposal for “Supply of 3/4 Ton Pickup Truck“
Accessibility Advisory Committee Seeking Members
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The Accessibility Advisory Committee is a group of citizens and municipal staff who want to help make Cumberland more accessible.
Accessibility is making it easier for people with disabilities to live full lives. The committee’s job is to give advice to Council about accessibility in the Municipality.
Please send a letter of interest by Friday, April 10, 2026.
A letter of interest explains what kinds of perspectives and experiences you could bring to the committee.
If you have questions, or would like to be on the committee, please reach the Community Engagement Coordinator at
Letters of interest can be sent to
Mail: Municipality of Cumberland County
Attn: Clerk's Office
1395 Blair Lake Rd.
Upper Nappan, NS
B4H 3Y4
The Terms of Reference will tell you details about the committee. https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/doclink/accessibility-advisory-committee-terms-of-reference-feb-2026/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJhY2Nlc3NpYmlsaXR5LWFkdmlzb3J5LWNvbW1pdHRlZS10ZXJtcy1vZi1yZWZlcmVuY2UtZmViLTIwMjYiLCJpYXQiOjE3NzM2NjQ1NzcsImV4cCI6MTc3Mzc1MDk3N30.EM5Q9gDendkjhkD8l51G2rub6ErtEiFhlsa7ybZLJvU
The Policy on Citizen Appointments will tell you about things like the honorarium. https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/.../65.../file.html
Notice of Adoption: By-laws 26-01 and 26-02
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Notice of Adoption
Second Reading and Adoption of these By-laws took place on March 25th, 2026 at a Regular Council meeting.
The purpose of the adopted By-laws are:
By-law to Amend the Land Use By-law 26-01
- to rezone PID 25244914, 150 Junction Rd., Springhill from Mixed-use (CMix) Zone to General Commercial (CGen) Zone.
By-law to Amend the Land Use By-law 26-02
- to rezone a portion of PID 25144049, 3544 Kolbec Rd., Port Howe from Agriculture (AG) Zone to Commercial Recreation (CRec) Zone.
Any aggrieved person, the Provincial Director of Planning, or the Council of any adjoining municipality may, within fourteen days of the publishing of this notice, appeal to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (1-855-442-4448 /
For a copy, please click here: By-laws - Municipality of Cumberland For further information, please call 902-667-1142, 1-888-756-6262 (toll free), or email
Peter McCracken
Deputy CAO / Municipal Clerk
Municipality of Cumberland approves $43.2-million operating, $13.3-million capital budgets
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The Municipality of Cumberland approved a $43.2-million operating budget and a $13.3-million capital budget at a special meeting on Monday, March 30, 2026.
It was the second consecutive year that the Municipality's operating and capital budgets have been brought forward for Council's consideration and final approval prior to the beginning of the fiscal year.
The Municipality’s commercial assessment values increased about 3.5 per cent and residential taxable assessment grew by about 7.6 per cent. This growth produced about $1.9 million in additional tax revenue. This additional revenue, along with an estimated $1 million in recoveries from the new extended producer responsibility (EPR) program provided the necessary funding for day-to-day operations and allowed for the significant transfer to reserves for future infrastructure ($469,000) and fire protection capital costs ($1,900,000).
Mandatory costs remitted to the provincial government for policing, education, assessment services and provincial roads increased by an estimated $850,000 to about $14.5 million – fully one third of all expenditures. Education ($6.8 million) and policing ($ 6.6 million) took the biggest chunk of that.
The fire protection is another of the Municipality’s significant cost drivers. The municipality supports 15 volunteer fire departments in 16 buildings, operating over 90 individual trucks and pieces of equipment essential to the fire service. The Municipality also makes payments under agreements with three fire departments in Amherst, Oxford and Five Islands. The estimate this year for the fire service is $3.3 million, up $300,000 from last year.
At just over $9 million, salary and benefits costs account for 21% of operating costs.
Solid waste management, collection, and disposal increases slightly to $3.8 million.
With over $700 million in municipal infrastructure and equipment, the capital budget is also a key piece of the annual budget. The capital budget for 2026-27 comes in at $13.3 million, with the lion's share, $7.9 million, of that being spent on fire buildings, apparatus ( trucks ) and equipment.
An additional $3 million is earmarked for building upgrading, vehicles, equipment and infrastructure like sewage treatment plants.
The Municipality remains responsible, under the terms of the dissolution of the former towns, for road, street and storm water management infrastructure in Parrsboro and Springhill. The capital budget includes an allowance of just under $2.6 million for street paving, sidewalk renewal and storm water management assets. While Canada Community Building Fund (formerly gas tax) of about $1.1 million is set aside for this work, all other amounts are funded by the area rates levied in the former towns. Residential property owners in these communities pay an additional 48 cents per hundred to fund these costs.
Despite rising costs and future cost pressures, the Municipality was able to keep the overall tax rates the same as the prior year. The general residential rate remains at $1.17 per $100 assessment and the commercial general rate remains at $2.74 per $100 assessment.
Property owners in the former towns of Springhill and Parrsboro also pay area rates in addition to the general rate. The Springhill and Parrsboro area rate is $0.48 per $100 of assessment for residential and $1.19 per $100 assessment for commercial properties. These area rates are in addition to the general rates
The operating costs for our municipal sewer systems have been outpacing revenues for all three systems - Rural, Springhill and Parrsboro. A five per cent increase in sewer charges in all three systems has been implemented.
Speaking for council, Mayor Rod Gilroy said, “This budget reflects a balanced and responsible approach—maintaining stable tax rates while continuing to invest in the infrastructure and services our residents rely on every day. At the same time, we are strengthening our reserves to ensure we’re prepared for future challenges and long-term growth.”
Greg Herrett retiring as Municipality of Cumberland’s CAO effective Sept. 30, 2026
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After a career spanning nearly 30 years in municipal administration, Greg Herrett has announced he is retiring as the chief administrative officer with the Municipality of Cumberland effective Sept. 30, 2026.
He’ll be staying on with the municipality in an advisory role until Dec. 31, 2026, to assist with the transition to the new CAO.
Herrett made the announcement during a special meeting of Cumberland municipal council on Monday, March 30, 2026.
“There’s been lots of challenges but there’s also been a lot of accomplishments we’ve completed together with this council and the last one. We’ve done a lot of work together and I’m proud of that work and the people I work with,” Herrett told council. “Even though it will be tough to leave I’m looking forward to what’s next.”
Municipality of Mayor Rod Gilroy thanked Herrett for his contribution to the municipality since he arrived in the position five years ago.
“The list of accomplishments is a mile long,” the mayor said. “None of us would be sitting here and we would not have enjoyed the success we’ve had if not for everything you’ve done.”