On Tuesday, the Official Trustee of the Rural Municipality of Murray River passed a resolution supporting a study into the possibility of forming a new municipality in the Southern Kings area. The same resolution was adopted by the Rural Municipality of Murray Harbour on Saturday. The area would encompass the two rural municipalities and the fire districts of the Murray River and Murray Harbour fire departments. The resolution states that both municipalities are concerned about their ongoing viability, and interested in exploring the funding, economic development and tourism opportunities that a larger municipality could bring to the area. They’re also interested in studying the costs and benefits of incorporating the two communities and their two fire districts into one new sustainable municipality of approximately 3000 residents in the Southern Kings area.