Assembly of Delegates (Hybrid)

CAPE COD REGIONAL GOVERNMENT

ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES

https://www.capecod.gov/county-government/assembly-of-delegates

CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

April 17, 2024 at 4:00 P.M. (Hybrid – In person & Remote) 

Mary Pat Flynn Conference Center

Barnstable County Courthouse Complex 

3195 Main Street – Route 6A, Barnstable, MA 02630

Pursuant to Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2023, this meeting of the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates will be conducted both in person and via remote means, in accordance with applicable law. Members of the public may watch the meeting through live, real-time broadcast at www.youtube.com/user/BarnstableCounty. A “Public Participation Guide” and meeting documents are available in advance at https://www.capecod.gov/county-government/meeting-center/. The County of Barnstable does not discriminate in the administration of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or other category protected by state and federal anti-discrimination laws and regulations. Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. For more information or to file a complaint please contact Justyna Marczak, Barnstable County ADA/Non-Discrimination Coordinator at jmarczak@capecod.gov, call 508-375-6646 or visit https://www.capecod.gov/

Members of the public may also attend the meeting remotely through Microsoft Teams:

Join on your computer or mobile app: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_M2I0YjI4ZDQtNzI4Z...

Meeting ID: 226 143 087 813. Passcode: DWTL49

Or call in (audio only): (781) 469-0191. Phone Conference ID: 293 634 851#.        

Committee of the Whole

1. Call to Order, Remote Meeting and Recording Statements

2. Moment of silence to honor our troops who have died in service to our country, and all those serving our country in the Armed Forces

3. Pledge of Allegiance 

4. Call of the Roll and Declaration of a Quorum – Assembly Clerk 

5. Approve Today’s Calendar of Business 

6. Approve Journal of the January 3, 2024 and January 17, 2024  Regular Meetings

7. Communications from the Board of Regional Commissioners and County Administrator

8. Discussion on Proposed Ordinance No. 17, Establishing the Barnstable County Coastal Resources Committee

9. Public Hearing on Proposed Ordinance No. 8, Fiscal Year 2025 County Operating Budget

10. Public Hearing on Proposed Ordinance No. 10, Fiscal Year 2025 Dredge Enterprise Fund Operating Budget

11. Public Hearing on Proposed Ordinance No. 14, Repealing Ordinance 2018-10, which established the Barnstable County Coastal Management Committee

12. Public Hearing on Proposed Ordinance No. 15, Establishing the Barnstable County Dredge Advisory Committee

13. Public Hearing on Proposed Ordinance No. 16, To authorize funds and the authority to file loan application(s) for the purpose of making loans to residents of the County for repairing, replacing and/or upgrading residential septic systems, inclusive of sewer connections and innovative/alternative septic systems, in participating towns pursuant to agreements between the County and residential property owners, including all costs incidental and related thereto, and further, to add to the County's operating budget for Fiscal Year 2024, as enacted in Ordinance No. 2023-07, by making supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024

14. Communications from Public Officials

15. Communications from Members of the Public

Assembly Convenes

Please note that for any item listed in this section the Assembly of Delegates may take official action including votes.

16. Committee Reports 

a. Assembly Standing Committee on Finance Meeting of April 10, 2024

17. Proposed Ordinance No. 5, Establishing a special purpose Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Stabilization Fund and appropriating $7,800,000 from the County unreserved fund balance into the fund

18. Proposed Ordinance No. 8, Fiscal Year 2025 County Operating Budget

19. Proposed Ordinance No. 10, Fiscal Year 2025 Dredge Enterprise Fund Operating Budget

20. Proposed Ordinance No. 14, Repealing Ordinance 2018-10, which established the Barnstable County Coastal Management Committee

21. Proposed Ordinance No. 15, Establishing the Barnstable County Dredge Advisory Committee

22. Proposed Ordinance No. 16, To authorize funds and the authority to file loan application(s) for the purpose of making loans to residents of the County for repairing, replacing and/or upgrading residential septic systems, inclusive of sewer connections and innovative/alternative septic systems, in participating towns pursuant to agreements between the County and residential property owners, including all costs incidental and related thereto, and further, to add to the County's operating budget for Fiscal Year 2024, as enacted in Ordinance No. 2023-07, by making supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024

23. Clerk’s Report

24. Adjournment

CAPE COD REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES
Notice of Public Hearings
2024 Session
Proposed Ordinance Nos. 8, 10, 14, 15, and 16
On April 17, 2024 at 4:00 p.m., the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates will hold hybrid
(in-person and virtual) public hearings on Proposed Ordinance No. 8, Fiscal Year 2025 County Operating Budget; Proposed Ordinance No. 10, Fiscal Year 2025 Dredge Enterprise Fund
Operating Budget; Proposed Ordinance No. 14, Repealing Ordinance 2018-10, which
established the Barnstable County Coastal Management Committee; Proposed Ordinance No.
15, Establishing the Barnstable County Dredge Advisory Committee; and Proposed Ordinance No. 16, To authorize funds and the authority to file loan application(s) for the purpose of making loans to residents of the County for repairing, replacing and/or upgrading residential septic systems, inclusive of sewer connections and innovative/alternative septic systems, in
participating towns pursuant to agreements between the County and residential property
owners, including all costs incidental and related thereto, and further, to add to the County's operating budget for Fiscal Year 2024, as enacted in Ordinance No. 2023-07, by making supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024. The public hearings will be held in the Mary Pat Flynn Conference Center at the Barnstable County Courthouse Complex, 3195 Main Street
– Route 6A, in the town of Barnstable, and via Microsoft Teams. The hearings will be open to
anyone wishing to testify or make public comment on the proposed ordinances. The full texts of the proposed ordinances have been electronically distributed to the Town Clerk of each town in Barnstable County. They are also available on the Cape Cod Regional Government website. Instructions on accessing the public hearing will be detailed on the Assembly of Delegates Business Calendar for April 17, 2024 located at https://www.capecod.gov/county-
government/meeting-center/. Written comments can also be emailed to
owen.fletcher@capecod.gov before noon on the date of the public hearing.  The County will also stream the public hearing and Assembly meeting live on the County YouTube channel at
https://www.youtube.com/c/BarnstableCountyVideo.
For any additional information you may contact the Assembly Clerk at owen.fletcher@capecod.gov or (508) 375-6761.