The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg (MODL) Finance Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. AST to review budget estimates that will help determine local property tax rates and service levels. The meeting will be held in Council Chambers at the MODL Administration Building, 10 Allée Champlain Drive, Cookville (near Bridgewater), Nova Scotia.
During the session the committee will review departmental spending requests and capital project costs for the 2026/27 fiscal year, including wastewater/sewer infrastructure upgrades and investments related to the expansion of affordable housing in the region (for example, work connected to the Osprey Village planning area). In MODL’s 2025-26 budget materials, Mayor Elspeth McLean-Wile and council emphasized affordability and community investment; the municipality’s news release on the 2025-26 budget notes the administration maintained commercial and residential tax rates while expanding property tax rebate eligibility for low-income residents.
Local leaders must also account for new provincial accessibility requirements under Nova Scotia’s Built Environment Accessibility Standard, with compliance required beginning April 1, 2026; that mandate could affect capital spending to bring municipal facilities into compliance. The province’s 2025-26 budget and related provincial policy changes are another factor municipal officials must balance alongside regional infrastructure costs.
The meeting is open to the public. MODL’s budget meeting process typically opens with a 15-minute Public Input Session (time divided among speakers, with a maximum of five minutes per person). Recommendations from the Finance Committee are forwarded to the full Municipal Council, which is expected to vote on final tax rates and the budget in March. Residents can also follow regional shared-service information—such as transit updates—through the Town of Bridgewater’s public notices and the MODL website.
