Delivering County Services

In the County's 2023 Budget Survey, 71% of respondents indicated they were either very or somewhat satisfied with the services provided by Northumberland County.

In Northumberland, local government is a tiered system, which means some services are the responsibility of the County (the 'upper tier'), and others are the responsibility of your local municipality (the 'lower tier').  Services such as police, fire, sewer and water, parks, recreation and beaches are delivered by your local municipality. 

We are interested in your feedback on some key services delivered by the County. These include:

• Paramedic services – 911 response and Community Paramedicine
• Waste collection and management
• Snow plowing, maintenance and construction of County roads and bridges
• County Forest – recreation and conservation
• County Archives & Museum 
• Golden Plough Lodge long-term care home
• Social services (social assistance, homelessness services, system planning and oversight for EarlyON and licensed child care centres, client programs and supports)
• Food 4 All warehouse
• Affordable housing development and programming
• Promoting county-wide economic development (manufacturing and talent attraction, employment generation, small business supports, tourism attraction)
• Planning for and managing residential, commercial, and industrial development (land use planning)
• Plumbing and septic permits and inspections 
• Community emergency planning

Share your comments and heart the ones you like or agree with.  Here are some questions to consider:

• How might service in one or more of these areas be improved?
• How might technology be used to improve the delivery of services?
• When you imagine Northumberland 10 years from now, how are services being delivered differently?