Editing Colchester County (section)

==Government==
[[File:Tatamagouche_Aerial.jpg|thumb|left|The village of Tatamagouche]]
The Municipality of the County of Colchester is governed by a municipal council composed of a [[Mayor]] elected at-large and 11 [[Councillors]] elected to represent districts. Municipal Council is responsible oversee the provision of the services of [[municipal government]]. Municipal governments in Nova Scotia are [[Council–manager government]]s, meaning that the Council provides policy direction and approves the budget, and the Chief Administrative Officer oversees the administrative operations and implement Council's policies. Directly delivered services include services such as fire protection, public works, roads, and water.  The municipality participates in shared services, such as [[RCMP|police]], [[Colchester Waste Resource Management|solid waste management]], [[Colchester East Hants Library|library services]], and the [[Rath Eastlink Community Centre]].

The municipal operating budget was $29.1 million in 2017/18.<ref>{{cite web|title=2017/18 Budget|url=https://www.colchester.ca/finance-1/1868-2017-2018-operating-budget|publisher=Colchster County|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref> The current mayor is Christine Blair.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.colchester.ca/council|title=Municipality of Colchester}}</ref> Municipal governments in Nova Scotia are elected every four years and the most recent round of elections took place on October 15, 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/municipal-election-mayors-towns-county-municipality-district-1.3807237| title = Nova Scotia mayors elected in Oct. 15 municipal election {{!}} CBC News}}</ref> The provincial legislation that creates and empowers the municipality is the Nova Scotia Municipal Government Act.<ref>https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/legc/statutes/municipal%20government.pdf "Municipal Government Act"</ref>

While the majority of the land area of county is governed by the Municipal Council of the Municipality of the County of Colchester the county also includes two independently incorporated towns, [[Stewiacke]] and [[Truro, Nova Scotia|Truro]], as well as the independently governed [[Millbrook First Nation]]. Within the county are also two communities with incorporated village commissions in [[Bible Hill, Nova Scotia|Bible Hill]] and [[Tatamagouche]] which are a part of the county wide municipality but are created to provide additional village services. Colchester is represented by three ridings in the [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly]] and two ridings in Canada's [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]].