Editing Kings County, Nova Scotia (section)

==Government==
[[File:Cape Split.jpg|thumb|Cape Split]]
The majority of the land area of county is governed by the Municipal Council of the Municipality of the County of Kings, though the county also includes three incorporated towns, [[Wolfville]], [[Kentville]], and [[Berwick, Nova Scotia|Berwick]], with their own independent municipal governments.  In addition to municipal governments there are two First Nations reserves under 
[[band government]], the [[Annapolis Valley First Nation]] [[Cambridge 32|Cambridge]] reserve and the [[Glooscap First Nation]] [[Glooscap 35|Glooscap]] reserve.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbu.ca/indigenous-affairs/unamaki-college/mikmaq-resource-centre/mikmaw-band-councils/mikmaw-bands-in-nova-scotia/ |website=Cape Breton University |title=Mi'kmaw Bands in Nova Scotia |access-date=August 21, 2017 |archive-date=August 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822012834/https://www.cbu.ca/indigenous-affairs/unamaki-college/mikmaq-resource-centre/mikmaw-band-councils/mikmaw-bands-in-nova-scotia/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Municipal Council for the county (outside of the Towns and Reserves) is composed of a [[Mayor]] elected at-large and 9 [[Councillors]] each elected to represent a separate district. Municipal Council is responsible for all facets of the [[municipal government]], including directly delivered and shared or regional services.  Directly delivered services include services such as police and fire, public works, roads, and water.  The municipality participates in shared services, such as the [[Valley Waste Resource Management|solid waste management]], [[Annapolis Valley Regional Library|library services]], and [[Kings Transit|transit]].

The municipal operating budget of $45.7 million and combined capital and water capital budget of $4.3 million in the 2017/18 fiscal year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kings County council approves 'challenging' budget, holds line on tax rates|url=http://www.kingscountynews.ca/news/local/kings-county-council-approves-challenging-budget-holds-line-on-tax-rates-68557/|publisher=Kings County Register|last=Starratt|first=Kirk|date=1 June 2017|access-date=28 March 2018}}</ref> The current mayor is Dave Corkum. Municipal governments in Nova Scotia are elected every four years and the most recent round of elections took place in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/provincial/muttart-re-elected-by-wide-margin-to-second-term-as-mayor-in-county-of-kings-510532/ | title=Here are all the mayors elected in Nova Scotia's municipal election &#124; 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>

Kings is represented by three ridings in the [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly]].  The municipality shares representation by two ridings in Canada's [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]].