Frequently Asked Questions

New Brunswick SPCA handles Animal Control duties for the Town of Salisbury for dogs only. All inquiries or complaints concerning dogs should be directed to the NB SPCA by phoning 1-877-722-1522. For information on stray or lost dogs, please visite the NB SPCA Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/newbrunswickspca

Yes, every owner of a dog in the Town of Salisbury shall, by March 31 each year, register that dog(s) with the Municipal Office. Registration fees are: $10.00 for spayed or neutered dogs or $30.00 for unspayed or unneutered dogs (and a late fee will be added to the regular registration fee for tags not bought by March 31st). An official receipt from a licensed veterinarian hospital with the breed, color, name of dog showing on receipt and also the veterinarian hospital tag number is required. NO ONE WILL BE ISSUED A REGISTRATION TAG WITHOUT THE OFFICIAL RECEIPT.

Dog tags are available for purchase at the Municipal Office located at 56 Douglas Street in Salisbury. There is also a new ONLINE OPTION HERE for buying a dog tag!

Every owner of a dog(s) over the age of three (3) months, shall have such dog(s) vaccinated against distemper and canine parvovirus and must repeat this process every two (2) years thereafter.

Every owner of a dog(s) over the age of four (4) months, shall have such dog(s) vaccinated against rabies and every three (3) years thereafter.

An official receipt from a licensed veterinarian hospital with the breed, color, name of dog showing on receipt and also the veterinarian hospital tag number is required. NO ONE WILL BE ISSUED A REGISTRATION TAG WITHOUT THE OFFICIAL RECEIPT.

A building permit is required for all new structures and for the demolition, relocation, alteration or replacement of an existing structure.  This includes renovations, mobile and mini homes, fences, garages, swimming pools, garden sheds, decks or any other structural additions/changes to your property. More at Planning and Development.
For more specific information and questions, please contact Plan 360 (Southeast Regional Service Commission), 1234 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Unit 200, Moncton, NB  E1C 1H7.  T:  506-382-5386 F:  506-382-3651

For information on your garbage collection dates, please refer to the website for Eco360, the regional waste management facility located in Berry Mills:
https://www.eco360.ca/

Along with a collection schedule, the Eco360 website has information on the three-stream residential collection system (green bags (organics), blue bags (recycleables), and clear bags (regular garbage)).

Effective the week of February 3, 2025, all residents of the Town of Salisbury (that is, residents of all four wards of the municipality) will have their garbage collected on the same day, being Thursday, starting on February 6. This will also re-start the colour rotation schedule. On that first day of collection, Garbage (Clear) and Organics (Green) will be collected. (More on that first week HERE.) Please place your garbage at the roadside early in the morning.

With the change in schedule, as of the week of February 3, 2025, one large item (appliance, furniture, etc.) can be collected every other week alongside Garbage (Clear bags). This schedule replaces previous seasonal (Spring, Summer, Fall) bulk waste collections and is in addition to the ongoing Mobile Eco Depots throughout the year. Please note that the collection of bulk waste items may take up to 24 hours depending on the size or type of the item.

These changes are being made in light of the Town of Salisbury transitioning to the Regional Waste Collection contract involving most municipalities in the Southeast Region. This contract will be administered by Eco360, a division of the Southeast Regional Service Commission (who currently also operates the regional landfill).

To communicate these changes to residents, a mail-out is being sent to all residents in the Town the week of January 13, 2025. Printed copies of the new collection calendar will be available at the Salisbury Town Office, or by contacting Eco360. Residents are encouraged to download the Eco360 app, where they will receive a push notification on Sunday, February 2, as well as on Wednesday, February 5, to remind them of the changes. Municipal Partners, including the Town of Salisbury, and Eco360 will also be communicating the changes on social media as we approach the changes.

Residents with questions can phone Eco360 at 506-877-1040 or email info@nbse.ca. The Town will also be available to assist residents during the transition period, and appreciates the understanding of residents as the changes take effect.

Salisbury does not currently have a By-Law prohibiting the use of “rural style” garbage bins. The municipality is not responsible for any damage to unauthorized structures which have been erected by property owners within the public right-of-way.

This is not to say that the Local Government does not make every possible attempt to avoid such structures during any roadway maintenance activity. The Municipality, as well as our winter maintenance contractor, makes every reasonable attempt to avoid damaging or disturbing rural mail boxes, civic address numbers, and roadside garbage bins; however, the primary focus of snow-clearing operations is to make public roads passable in order to reestablish safe travel to motor vehicles. Should damage occur to any of these structures, the Municipality assumes no responsibility.

With respect to any obstruction within the public right-of-way of Municipal and/or Provincial roads (i.e. rural mailboxes, garbage bins, basketball nets, etc.) they would be subject to the following sections under the New Brunswick Highway Act:

44.1(15)    If a person has erected or placed or is erecting or placing any object or thing on, over, under, across or along a highway, has repaired or maintained or is repairing or maintaining such an object or thing, has excavated, mined or quarried or is excavating, mining or quarrying under, across, through or along a highway or has used or is otherwise using a highway, in contravention of subsection (12) or (13), the Minister may by order direct that any such object or thing be disassembled, demolished, modified, relocated or removed and that the highway and the land on, over or under which the highway is situated be restored to its original condition or to such other condition as the Minister directs.

69(1)    A person commits an offence who

(a)     erects, places, puts or maintains any building, structure, gasoline pump, lumber, logs, stones, refuse, snow or other encumbrance or obstruction over or upon any highway,

It is the Municipality’s opinion that “private garbage bins are not essential to the collection of blue and green streams of waste and that any property owner who wishes to erect such a structure, either within or in close proximity to the Municipal or Provincial right-of-way, does so at their own risk.”

works@salisburynb.ca
Phone:  (506) 372-3243

If you require the assistance of the Department of Infrastructure and Public Works after regular business hours, please leave a message with your name, address, a brief description of the emergency along with your contact number as this line is being monitored by staff.

Streets tend to show their age in various ways, the most common sign being a pothole. Typical causes are pavement cracking combined with heavy traffic. Cracks allow water to get under the asphalt, and when the water freezes during winter, it expands to four times its volume creating pressure on the surface. In springtime, when the ices and snow melt, the water seeps out, leaving a hollow hole under the street surface. When vehicles go over these sections, asphalt crumbles, and potholes are born.

Because asphalt plants don’t open until the end of April, and potholes start forming with the return of milder weather, we apply cold patch asphalt, which fills the potholes until they can be fixed permanently. Once asphalt plants are open, contractors are scheduled to fix potholes more permanently.

Salisbury’s Main Street (Route 106), Fredericton Road (Route 112), and River Road (also Route 112) are all Provincially Designated Highways, the ownership and maintenance of which lies with the New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DTI).

DTI also continues to maintain all roads in the municipality that are located outside the former village limits; that is, the roadways in Wards 1, 2, and 4 (all former local service districts).

Any complaints or concerns regarding these NB routes and roads located in Wards 1, 2, and 4 must be directed to DTI or to your MLA.
DTI can be reached by phoning 1-833-384-4111 (dispatch line) or by emailing transportnb@gnb.ca.

The two MLAs representing the greater Salisbury area are:
– Sherry Wilson, Albert-Riverview (representing Wards 3 and 4, and portions of Wards 1 and 2 (map) (contact information)).
– Tammy Scott-Wallace, Sussex-Three Rivers (portions of Wards 1 and 2 (map) (contact information)).
*Salisbury Ward Map*

Anyone wishing to address Council or make a presentation at a Regular Council Meeting (RCM) must submit a request in writing to the Clerk one week prior to the meeting with a brief summary of the issue or purpose for your presentation.

Presentations by members of the public are permitted at a Regular Council Meeting (RCM), normally scheduled for the evening of the second Monday of each month.

All personal information submitted (including but not limited to: your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, and your opinion and views, etc.) may form part of meeting agenda and minutes and, therefore, will be made available to members of the public at the meeting, via the website, or by request.

All Regular Council Meetings (RCM), Special Council Meetings (SCM), and meetings of Committee of the Whole (COTW) are open to the public unless there is a portion of a meeting that must enter into a Closed Session for discussion of any items protected by Section 68(1) of the Local Governance Act of New Brunswick.

Congratulatory messages can be sent to residents who are celebrating milestones. For example, residents celebrating their 80th, 90th or 100th birthday or their 50th, 60th, 65th, or 70th wedding anniversary may receive a card of congratulations from the Mayor & Council. Contact the Municipal Office and tell us about the celebration.

Subject to annual adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Mayor receives $31,500 per annum, the Deputy Mayor receives $13,545 per annum, and each Councillor receives $11,970 per annum during their term of office, as indicted in By-law No. 4, A By-law Respecting the Remuneration of Council for Salisbury, as passed on 2022-12-08.  Each member of Council shall be reimbursed for expenses, (mileage, meals, and incidentals) while attending meetings or functions on behalf of the Municipality.

The two MLAs representing the greater Salisbury area are:

– Sherry Wilson, Albert-Riverview (Wards 3 and 4, and portions of Wards 1 and 2 (map) (contact information)).

– Tammy Scott-Wallace, Sussex-Three Rivers (portions of Wards 1 and 2 (map) (contact information)).

*Salisbury Ward Map*

The MP for the federal riding of Fundy Royal is Rob Moore.