News from the town office

By Corinn Julow, North Hero Town Clerk
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Water Storage Tank Project
The North Hero Water Department applied for Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) in 2023. Notification was received just this week that North Hero will be receiving $500,000 through Becca Balint’s office for the water storage tank project. This is great news! This funding will be combined with grant awards from the State of Vermont and with another federal grant called Northern Borders Catalyst Program. In total, North Hero has been awarded $2.3 million dollars for the water infrastructure improvements.

North Hero Welcomes New Zoning Administrator 
Danielle Turin of Grand Isle is North Hero’s new zoning administrator. North Hero contracts with Northwest Regional Planning Commission for zoning administration, development review board and planning commission clerk services. The contract is for approximately 17 hours a week of services and this time is allocated between meetings, site visits, and office hours. 
Danielle will be holding zoning office hours on Wednesday and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. She may be reached at 802-372-6926 ext. 6 or [email protected]. We encourage you to stop in and stay hi.

North Hero School Budget Revote
The Champlain Islands Unified Union School District (CIUUSD) has scheduled a revote for the school budget on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Voting for North Hero will be held at the Community Hall located at 3541 US Route 2, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. 
Ballots are required to be sent automatically to all voters that requested an absentee ballot, by mail or in person, in the March 5 local election. These absentee ballots were mailed on April 12, 2024. Ballots are available for absentee voting up until April 29, 2024, at 4:30 p.m.
Please contact the town office at [email protected] or 802-372-6926 with questions about issued ballots or absentee voting. 
The CIUUSD will hold an informational hearing on Monday, April 29, 2024, at 6 p.m. at the North Hero School at 6441 US Route 2. This meeting will also be accessible remotely and the information to join may be found at www.northherovt.com; click on the “Calendar of Board Meetings”.