Weekly Newsflash 3-18-24

Town Hall Complex CLOSED Tomorrow

Please be advised that the Town Hall complex, including the Library, Post Office, Building Department, and all administrative offices will be closed on Tuesday, March 19^th for the 2024 Municipal General Election.

Municipal General Election Info

The Highland Beach General (Nonpartisan) Election will be held on Tuesday, March 19^th, 2024, which runs current with the Presidential Preference Primary Election (PPP) in the Library Community Room located at 3618 S Ocean Blvd. 

Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link provides registered voters with three (3) different ways to cast their vote for the March 19^th Elections:

1. Vote By Mail (Absentee) 
   (The deadline to return your Vote-by-Mail ballot to Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Main Office is 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19^th, 2024.)  
2. Vote Early (in person)
3. Vote on Election Day (in person)

For additional information about voting in Palm Beach County, please contact Palm Beach County Supervisor Wendy Sartory Link at 561-656-6200 or visit https://www.votepalmbeach.gov/ .

Should you have questions about the Highland Beach referendum ballot questions, please contact Town Clerk Lanelda Gaskins at 561-278-4548.

Referendum Questions

After extensive and thoughtful deliberation, the Town Commission has presented three referendum questions to residents for the 2024 Municipal General Election:

1. Financing a Sanitary Sewer Lining Rehabilitation Project

2. Raising the Current Funding Limitation

3. Ability to Designate Election Canvassing Duties to Palm Beach County

For a more in depth breakdown of the ballot language and why the Commission chose these three questions, please visit the Referendum Questions webpage and watch past Town Commission Meetings.

Town Board Vacancies

Board of Adjustment & Appeals - One (1) vacancy for an unexpired term ending September 2024.

Natural Resources Preservation Advisory Board - Upcoming vacancies for three-year terms.

For additional information, please contact the Town Clerk’s Office at (561) 278-4548 or email jdehart@highlandbeach.us (Jaclyn DeHart) or lgaskins@highlandbeach.us (Lanelda Gaskins), Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

Upcoming Town Meetings

3/21/24 at 10:00 AM - Financial Advisory Board Regular Meeting

Friendly reminder - You can always watch live and past meetings by visiting the Town's website and clicking the Watch Meetings button or by directly visiting the Town's YouTube channel!