We're thinking of and thanking all our municipal elected officials who are going the distance with an unprecedented fifth year added to your mandates! That and more in our most recent UMNB...

Answers to your questions, an update on electronic council meetings, and more in this week's bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020_05_04-UMNB-Bulletin.pdf Past issues of the Bulletin can be found on our Communications page.

First, our sincere condolences to the friends and family of Councillor Ralph Carr of Sussex, who passed away on April 27. Councillor Carr devoted over 30 years of his life to public service, as Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Councillor. He will be missed. That, plus the...

In the fall of 2019 we submitted an Environmental Trust Fund application to develop a guide to GHG emissions for local governments. That request was based on a member resolution (U-19-08) passed at our 2019 Annual Conference and AGM. Today we learned that our project...

FCM has released their recommendations for emergency federal funding for municipalities. The plan highlights the challenges facing municipalities – including non-recoverable losses from foregone revenues & unexpected costs – and proposes solutions. We were pleased...