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Current News & Announcements
OUTDOOR FIRE BAN: After a warm, dry week and several reports of large wildfires in VT, the VT Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation has issued an order for all of the state’s forest fire wardens to cease issuing Burn Permits from October 28th – November 11th.
ELECTIONS
Three members of the Board of Civil Authority and the Town Clerk will be processing the ballots have been dropped off or received in the mail in the Town Clerk’s Office on Thursday, October 31, beginning at 11 am. You can Zoom in, if you care to see what is being done. Click here.
Members of the Board of Civil Authority will be opening envelopes and putting ballots into a secure box; these ballots will be put into the tabulator on Election Day.
Two members of the BCA will be checking off the names on the Entrance Checklist and Exit Checklist, so this does not have to be done on Election Day.
No ballots will be counted or looked at on Thursday. Feel free to Zoom in.
2024 General Election Sample Ballots can be found here.
Ballot for two articles for updates to the Huntington Land Use Regulations can be found here. And are ready for voting absentee – or you can come to the polls on November 5.
Information/explanation of two articles here.
With the elections soon here on November 5, all Vermont voters should have received a General Election ballot in the mail from the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office. Please call your Town Clerk (802-434-2032) if you believe you did not get a ballot
HIGHWAY & PUBLIC SAFETY ALERTS:
*Municipal Excess Weight Permit Application
* Emergency resources during power outages
* Outdoor burning (permits for fires over 30″ diameter & the daily State predicted fire danger status)
BIKE & PEDESTRIAN GRANT: The Map of the Lower Village Redesign can be found HERE.
Town-Wide Reappraisal Data Review: If you received a Field Record Card on your door, please click this link to verify your data. Enter your personalized code from the card to access.
Lower Village Wastewater Feasibility and Affordability Preliminary Engineering Report
Lower Village Traffic Redesign: Supplemental Scoping Report final draft.
For background on the Old Town Forest Management Plan for the Old Town: “Story Map.”
Happy foliage season! Forms are now available for property owners who had flood damage on July 10-11, 2024 to apply for property tax abatement through the Huntington Board of Abatement. Click here for the information.
NOTE: Appointments are required to do property records research in the office. Start with accessing records online through Record Room, then make an appointment. The office is not open for drop-ins. Please make an appointment. You may access the link on the Town Clerk Page.
See the Town Clerk Page for complete information from the Town Clerks Office.
DOG REGISTRATION: Dog licenses for 2025 will be available from the Town Clerk, starting January 2. By Vermont law, all dogs must be registered with the Town Clerk of the town in which the dog resides, which includes a copy of the certificate showing that rabies vaccination is current, on or before April 1. The price for all dogs now is $19. A fine may be imposed if your dog remains unregistered.
2024 Town Report books are available here for your viewing pleasure and in the Town Clerk’s Office.
The green reflective signs with your 9-1-1 address are available at the Huntington Town Clerk’s Office. The cost is $10 and they are made to order. The proceeds from the sale of these signs go directly to Huntington First Response/Fire Department.
Call the office (434-2032) or email
huntingtonclerk@gmavt.net and the sign will be made for you to pick up.
Current Vermont Fire Danger.
All open fires larger than 30″ in diameter require a permit from the Huntington Fire Warden