1:10 p.m. Charlotte voter open to new development
The sun on the pavement of the Charlotte Town Hall parking lot beat back the bitter cold spell facing voters today.
Michael Haulenbeek, a Charlotte woodworker and native, stopped to speak to his votes in favor of ballot items six and seven, both of which aim to allow for denser housing and development in the East Charlotte Village Commercial District. We can t vote no to all new development, and if we re gonna have new development, I d like to see it concentrated in village centers, said Haulenbeek, whose business is located in Charlotte.
November property tax payments in Shelburne are running behind last year’s to no one’s surprise.
A week after the Nov. 15 payment deadline, about $600,000 of the $11 million due had not been paid, finance director Peter Frankenburg told the town’s selectboard on Nov. 24.
The balance due made up 5.4 percent, compared to the 3 percent of November taxes that were unpaid at the same point in 2019. Frankenburg told the board he expects to receive both additional payments postmarked by the due date, but not yet received, and late payments made in response to delinquent notices that will be mailed this month.