Village News
Expense & Hospitality 4th Quarter 2023-2024
- Published: April 29 2024 12:00
Expense & Hospitality 4th Quarter 2023-2023 Report is now available Expense & Hospitality Report - 4th Quarter 2023-2024.pdf(50 KB)
2024-04-17 Monthly Commission Meeting
- Published: April 15 2024 08:00
The Village Commission's April 17th Regular Monthly Meeting agenda(190 KB) and full agenda package(1.02 MB) are now available.
Items of interest to the public include:
- Interim 2023/24 Q4 Budget Variance Report
- 2024 Community Grant Applications
The meeting begins at 6:00 pm and is held in-person at the Village office (27 Pleasant Street) and online. The public is welcome!
Livestream links:
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8908593466
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@villageofchesterns
Commissioner of Oaths Service Available
- Published: April 09 2024 10:58
A Commissioner of Oaths is a person appointed by the Minister of Justice under the Notaries and Commissioners Act to administer oaths and take and receive affidavits, statutory declarations and affirmations with the Province of Nova Scotia for use in the Supreme Court or any other court in Nova Scotia.
The Village's Clerk/Treasurer, Heather McCallum, is now a Commissioner of Oaths. If you need this service, contact her to schedule an appointment at or 902-275-4994. There is no fee.
For more information on this service, visit the Department of Justice page Nova Scotia Commissioners of Oaths.
2024-04-08 Special Commission Meeting
- Published: April 04 2024 12:48
The Village Commission is holding a Special Meeting on Monday, April 8th. The agenda(177 KB) and agenda package(258 KB) are now available.
The meeting begins at 1:00 pm and is held in-person at the Village office (27 Pleasant Street) and online. The public is welcome!
Livestream links:
Fire Meetings are the 1st Wed of the Month
- Published: April 03 2024 13:53
A reminder that Chester Fire Services Committee meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at the Village office, 27 Pleasant Street, starting at 5:00 pm. They are open to the public. The CFSC is the governing body of the Chester Volunteer Fire Department.
Click on this link for CFSC Agendas & Minutes or, for more on the Committee and Chester Volunteer Fire Department, visit the Fire Department page.
All public meetings are listed on the Village calendar.
2024/25 Fire Services Budget Approved
- Published: March 28 2024 10:29
The Chester Fire Services Committee's 2024/25 CVFD Budget(233 KB) has been approved by all parties: by the Committee on March 6, 2024; and by the joint owners of the Committee: the Village of Chester on March 20, 2024 and the Municipality of Chester on March 28, 2024.
Having the budget passed before the start of the fiscal year on April 1st is a condition of the Intermunicipal Fire Agreement that governs the Village-Municipality partnership, and sets the Chester Volunteer Fire Department up with the support they need to both operate and plan for the future. All residents in the CVFD's services area (Districts 3, 7 and part of 1) pay the same fire rate, which has seen a small increase this year to 0.094 to enable greater investment in reserves for equipment replacement and for the proposed new fire station which is currently in the pre-design phase. This fire rate is still the lowest in the Municipality.
For more background on the Committee and the budget, see the materials posted under "Chester Fire Services Committee -- Annual Meeting" on this page.
2024/25 Village Budget Approved
- Published: March 22 2024 16:35
After a series of meetings for budget deliberations, the 2024/25 Village Budget(195 KB) was approved by the Village Commission on March 20, 2024. To have this completed before the start of the fiscal year on April 1st sets us up for success in the coming year.
- The General Government/Operations Budget is $415,201.05, funded by Village property tax.
- The Capital Budget is $315,105, funded by federal and provincial capital grants and reserve funds. This is for a large repair and accessibility retrofit project for the Lido Pool.
- The EHS Building Budget is $35,135, funded by rental income on the building only (no public funds). The building is slated for a new roof this year.
The Village property tax rate remains $0.0777 per $100 of property assessment, as it has been since 2018/19.
NOTE: The Chester Volunteer Fire Department Budget is no longer prepared by the Village Commission. That responsibility now lies with the Chester Fire Services Committee, a body jointly owned by the Village and Municipality of Chester.
UPDATE: The 2023/24 Fire Services Budget is now approved by the Committee, Village, and Municipality. See the Fire Department page for more.
2024-03-20 Monthly Commission Meeting
- Published: March 15 2024 12:24
The Village Commission's March 20th Regular Monthly Meeting agenda(190 KB) and full agenda package(10.94 MB) are now available.
Items of interest to the public include:
- 2024/25 Draft Village Budget - consideration for approval
- Tax Exemption for Non-Profit Organizations application for the Chester Municipal Heritage Society
- Request for partner approval (with the Municipality of the District of Chester) of the 2024/25 Chester Fire Services Budget
- Setting of the dates for the Annual Public Meeting of electors and the annual Election
The meeting begins at 6:00 pm and is held in-person at the Village office (27 Pleasant Street) and online. The public is welcome!
Livestream links:
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89085934666
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@villageofchesterns
