Municipal Resources
This page includes fact sheets, UMNB position papers, toolkits, and other information on key municipal issues.
NEW RESOURCES
Property Tax Infographic: Where does your Property Taxes go? Understanding your Property Taxes
CAO Evaluation Tool: HERE
Electing People with Disabilities: Recording
Little official data exists about the participation of persons with disabilities in elected office, anecdotally evidence suggests engagement, in this area of our democracy, is very low. But why? Did you miss the recent webinar Electing People with Disabilities featuring Stephanie Cadieux, former MP and Cabinet Minister Carla Qualtrough, Councillor Gary Mattie, and Former MLA & Speaker Kevin Murphy? This panel share insights navigating elected office and barriers to full inclusion within the world of politics. Learn about 2014’s Forum 29 and the establishment of Canadian and Commonwealth Parliamentary Committees of Persons with Disabilities, and what could be done to support candidates with disabilities to find their point of entry through volunteering, civic engagement or seeking election.
Resources by Municipal issues
UMNB Webinars
Atlantic Municipal Magazines
2024 FALL Atlantic Municipal Magazine: Don’t miss the recently released Atlantic Municipal Magazine. Read now: HERE
Asset Management
New release: Asset management insights: Building a legacy of asset management: The Municipal Asset Management Program at FCM is excited to share that their Asset management insights: Building a legacy of asset management report is now live on their website. This final AM Insights report features a summary of the efforts that Canadian municipalities have taken to improve their asset management skills and knowledge while effectively and efficiently delivering the necessary services their communities rely on.
Over the past eight years, the AM Insights reports have captured the progress that local governments have made in each of these five competencies of the Asset Management Readiness Scale, as well as in special editions on Collaboration and Final Insights. You can reference them here:
- Policy and governance
- People and leadership
- Data and information
- Planning and decision-making
- Contribution to asset management practice
- Municipal collaboration
FCM: Tools for Developing a Financial Plan for Asset Management: Are you looking for resources to help your municipality strengthen its long-term financial planning processes? Check out FCM’s suite of resources to find videos, guides and more that can help you more effectively fund community infrastructure.
FCM: Asset management tip sheets: (1) scoping your asset management project; (2) owning the products developed with an asset management consultant; (3) ensuring continuation of asset management once consultant services are complete
The Municipal Asset Management Program is excited to launch a new suite of resources to help municipalities better understand and implement the values of Reconciliation, equity, diversity and inclusion.
- Contribute to Reconciliation and foster government-to-Nation relationships
- Incorporate anti-racism, equity, diversity and inclusion into municipal planning
- Integrate Indigenous inclusion into planning for sustainable, culturally respectful solutions
FCM: How levels of service and lifecycle costing inform long-term financial planning Guide.
Tip sheet: Preserving asset management knowledge
Cannabis
Climate Change
Coastal Adaptation Toolkit: The Coastal Adaptation Toolkit was developed to help Atlantic rural coastal communities and property owners plan for the effects of climate change. It is appropriate for use by communities and property owners that are experiencing coastal issues related to erosion and/or short- and long-term flooding impacts.The intent of the toolkit is to help communities and decision-makers as well as coastal property owners be aware of their coastal environment, the different adaptation options available to them, and the applicability of the options under different scenarios.
Climatlantic Coastal Adaptation Toolkits
– https://climatlantic.ca/coastal-adaptation/
– https://climatlantic.ca/fr/adaptation-cotiere/
UMNB/Cities/AFMNB Position Paper: A fair and equitable sharing of cannabis excise
BSD Climate Change Communication Materials Published 2001-2019
Canadian Institute for Climate Choices: Briefing Note – The Cost of Climate Change for Canada
Climate Change & Public Outreach A Municipal Toolkit: Bathurst Sustainable Development
Economic Impact of New Brunswick Community Energy Plans: Primer and Workbook (QUEST)
FCM Guidebook on Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Reductions at the Project Levels
FCM Small and Rural Communities Climate Action Guidebook
FCM Video series: Climate in Focus
Healthy Climate, Healthy New Brunswickers
ICLEI Canada: Canada in a Changing Climate: Regional Perspectives Report Chapter 1: Atlantic Provinces
QUEST Resources for Smart Energy Communities
ECCC Webinar Series: Integrated Management Approach to Plastic Products
Towards Low Carbon Communities: Creating Municipal Green Development Standards
Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy New Brunswick’s Climate Change Action Plan
Cyber Security
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Guide & Toolkit
UMNB Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Guide & Toolkit for Municipalities
Municipalities are the level of government closest to people’s daily lives. Municipalities are also responsible for daily decisions and key infrastructure that impact local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But for many communities, there is little guidance on climate impacts of their policies and actions, and even less knowledge of effective mitigation measures that fit New Brunswick’s unique local context.
UMNB developed a Greenhouse Gas Emission (GHG) Guide & Toolkit to help local governments understand the impacts of common local government decisions and activities, and to provide tools, resources, templates, and support for local action! The Guide includes a Toolkit of out-of-the-box resources that make GHG reduction more accessible for communities of all sizes.
Download the Guide:
Additional Resources:
Partners for Climate Protection: Small and Rural Communities Climate Action Guidebook
Healthcare
Housing
CMHC: Housing Information Monthly
CMHC: National Housing Strategy: NHS Housing Needs Data
FCM: Preparing for 5G Deployment in your Community
ROMA: Municipal Broadband Resources
UNBC Community Development Institute: Building Foundations for the Future: Housing, community development, and economic opportunity in non-metropolitan Canada
NEW REPORT: Energy Poverty, Housing and Vulnerability in Canada. Report can be found: HERE
New Report: Efficiency+: Policy Recommendations for Making Energy Poverty Initiatives Work for Those Most in Need. Report can be found: HERE
Infrastructure
New Publication: Governing Public Transit in Canada
The Centre for Urban Policy and Local Governance is pleased to announce the publication of Governing Public Transit in Canada: A Primer, by Martin Horak.
As Canadian cities continue to grow, public transit has never been more important. New federal and provincial spending has led to a recent boom rapid transit construction, but transit systems have also experienced a crisis of operating revenues precipitated by the Covid-19pandemic. How well Canadian cities will manage these counter currents in the coming years depends on governance –the way in which public transit is organized and run. Yet this subject has received little systematic attention from Canadian researchers. This primer lays a foundation for research and discussion by providing a high-level overview of transit governance in Canada. It reviews nationwide realities and trends, and compares the challenges of transit governance in Canada’s the three largest urban areas: Toronto, Montréal, and Vancouver.
Governing Public Transit in Canada: A Primer is available for open-access download here: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/urbancentre-reports/9/
Fact Sheet: Community, Culture & Recreation Infrastructure
Fact Sheet: Green Infrastructure
Fact Sheet: Rural & Northern Communities Infrastructure
IBA: Integrated Bilateral Agreement – Community, Culture & Recreation Infrastructure
Integrated Bilateral Agreement (IBA) 2018 to 2028 Overview Presentation
Municipal Reform
UMNB Position Paper on Local Reform and the Finn Report
UMNB Response to Green Paper on Municipal Reform (2021)
UMNB Response to White Paper on Municipal Reform (2021)
McKendy Report: Improving the Regional Service Commissions in New Brunswick
McKendy Report: Executive Summary
Working Together for Vibrant and Sustainable Communities: A Green Paper on municipal reform
Public Safety
New Era of Public Safety: An Advocacy Toolkit for Fair, Safe, and Effective Community Policing (US-centric)
Police Service Delivery Model Process Guide (JPS 2021)
Provincial Police Services in New Brunswick September 2018
RSC Engagement: Policing Review Questions
Recreation
Recreation NB Policy Template: Gender Equity in the Allocation of Public Recreation Spaces
Streetlights
