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Taxpayers in three New Brunswick municipalities paid double or triple the normal cost of elected councils after provincial supervisors were appointed to replace councils that collapsed following multiple resignations.
Strait Shores, Sunbury-York South and Miramichi River Valley taxpayers responsible for higher costs
Sam Farley · CBC News
· Posted: Jul 31, 2026 11:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago
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Local Governance Commission Director and General Counsel Mary Oley said the hourly rates for supervisors match their level of expertise. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
Taxpayers in three New Brunswick municipalities paid double or triple the normal cost of elected councils after provincial supervisors were appointed to replace councils that collapsed following multiple resignations.
The communities of Strait Shores, Sunbury-York South and Miramichi River Valley each had a supervisor appointed by the Local Governance Commission last year to replace their mayors and councillors after multiple resignations left councils without enough members to govern.
Newly finalized figures show the cost of these supervisors to be double or triple what it would have cost to pay the salaries of the councils had they not been suspended.
CBC News initially requested the amounts right after the May elections,
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