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Council Meetings are typically held on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Upper Nappan Service Center Council Chambers. These meetings are open to the public and are live-streamed on the Municipality of Cumberland County Facebook page.
If you wish to make a presentation to Council, please email the request, with all of the details, to clerk@cumberlandcounty.ns.ca.
Council Meetings are live-streamed at https://video.isilive.ca/cumberland/live.html .
Recordings are available the following day on the Municipality's YouTube page at Municipality of Cumberland - YouTube.
Public Hearings are a mandatory part of the planning process for any planning application on which the council is voting. Public hearings are open to the public and provide the ideal opportunity for residents to voice their opinions on specific planning projects.
Open House is an informal meeting where residents are allowed to shape the development of new policies and plans for the municipality.
Notice of Adoption is an official memo that informs the public of a plan or policy that was recently approved by the council for adoption. Notices of Adoption can be found in The Casket, a locally circulating newspaper for Cumberland County. The publication of a notice is the marker for the beginning of an appeal period. For 14 days after the Notice of Adoption is published, residents can submit an appeal to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (NSUARB)/
Readings is the legal term for presenting a case to the council. Whether it is a proposal for a rezoning, an amendment, a site plan, or a development agreement, anything going to be voted on in council must undergo a first AND second reading. After a second reading, council will make the final decision to approve or reject the proposal.
Due to recent changes to the Municipal Government Act, official planning notices will be posted to the Public Hearings section of the Cumberland County website, as a provincially approved method of public notification.
