Communities, Cultural Affairs and LabourHOME / Municipal Affairs Municipal Affairs serves as the primary liaison between the Province, municipalities, municipal interest groups and the public. The branch provides advisory and consultative services as well as maintaining legislative framework for the Municipalities Act, the Charlottetown and Area Municipalities Act, the City of Summerside Act and the Planning Act. The staff for the branch is composed of a Manager, Senior Municipal Officer and a Municipal Officer. They oversee and provide assistance for various municipal processes such as formation, elections, amalgamation, boundary changes and the adoption of official plans and land use and subdivision bylaws. The branch administers grants to seventy-four municipalities under the Municipal Support Grant Program as well as grants to the Federation of Prince Edward Island Municipalities and the Association of Municipal Administrators to help them in their role to serve municipalities. The branch is also responsible for maintaining a municipal directory as well as databases involving municipal bylaws, municipal financing and municipal boundaries. Education relating to municipal matters continues to be an important role for Municipal Affairs. Whether its dealing with residents inquiring about the possibility of forming a municipality, councillors of existing municipalities asking about municipal procedures or staff from other government departments searching for information staff will make every effort to satisfy their request.
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