Municipal Resources
This page includes fact sheets, UMNB position papers, toolkits, and other information on key municipal issues.
NEW RESOURCES
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:
FALL Atlantic Municipal Magazine: Don’t miss the recently released Atlantic Municipal Magazine. Read now: HERE
Mastering the Public Procurement Process: In this article from bids&tenders, learn how public procurement is a crucial aspect of delivering public services. For those who supply public entities with goods and services, understanding the procurement process is not just beneficial but essential for their success. More info.
CAO Evaluation Tool: HERE
Efficiency Canada: Resources
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
Tip sheet: Preserving asset management knowledge
AMO – The Undeniable Need for Broadband Connectivity in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic World
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: ImmigrationMatters: Immigration and our local economy
Resources by Municipal issues
Asset Management
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
Cannabis
Climate Change
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
Infrastructure Funding
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
