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  • Notice of Adoption - By-Law to Amend LUB 26-03

    Notice of Adoption - By-Law to Amend LUB 26-03

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    07 May 2026
    Second Reading and Adoption of the By-law to Amend the Land Use By-law 26-03 took place on April 27th, 2026 at a Regular Council meeting. The purpose of the adopted By-law is to rezone portion of PID 25067778 located at 530 John Black Rd., East Amherst, from Country Residential (RCou) Zone to the...
  • Job Posting: Permits & Inspections Officer Level I (willing to train)

    Job Posting: Permits & Inspections Officer Level I (willing to train)

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    06 May 2026
    The Municipality of the County of Cumberland is currently accepting resumes for a Permits & Inspections Officer Level I (willing to train).
  • Notice of Second Reading - By-law to Amend the Public Sewers By-law 26-04

    Notice of Second Reading - By-law to Amend the Public Sewers By-law 26-04

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    05 May 2026
    Second Reading and Adoption of the By-law to Amend the Public Sewers By-law 26-04 will be considered at the Regular Council meeting at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, May 27th, 2026. The purpose of the proposed amended by-law is to prescribe standards and specifications for connections to wastewater...
  • Job Posting: Facility Maintenance (Springhill)

    Job Posting: Facility Maintenance (Springhill)

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    05 May 2026
    The Municipality of the County of Cumberland is currently accepting resumes for the Facility Maintenance position located in Springhill, NS.

The tender to replace the Shinimicas Fire Hall building was approved at a  pdf regular council meeting on June 2, 2021(163 KB) .

The new building will have a total square footage of 5668 sqft and contain 4 truck bays, a training/ meeting area and be a typical wood frame construction.

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Vehicles

The tender to outfit a fleet of vehicles was approved at a  pdf special meeting of council June 4, 2021(133 KB) . The low compliant bids received for each vehicle were:

Vehicle Bidder Price (including non-refundable HST)
Rescue Command Vehicle Helie Fire Trucks $310,323.20
Commercial Side Control Pumper Carl Thibault Emergency Vehicles $454,033.82
Commercial Pumper Tanker Carl Thibault Emergency Vehicles $486,641.13
  Total $1,250,998.14

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