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November 21, 2024
15 recorded votes, 5 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF)
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Present: Charles Bloom, Seth Burdick, Kristine Clark, John Crow, Mathew Levesque, Betty Ludtke, Paul Neary, Paula Schnepp, Craig Tamash, Kristin Terkelsen, Felicia Penn
Absent: Jeffrey Mendes, Gordon Starr
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To accept the minutes of November 7. 2024, as presented.
Voted to accept the minutes of November 7. 2024, as presented.
The minutes record 12 yes, 0 no, but do not name every member’s vote, so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the minutes of November 7. 2024, as presented. VOTE: PASSES 12 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, STARR, TAMASH, TERKELSEN COMMUNICATIONS - from elected officials, boards, committees and staff, commission reports, correspondence and announcements:( Update from Bob Schulte, Chair, Committee to Review and Assess Zoning and Review the Town's Use of Regulatory Agreements.”
2025-038 2025-038 Appropriation Order In The Amount Of $65,381 For The Barnstable Police Department Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Expense Budget For The Purpose Of Funding The Costs Associated With The Hiring Of 5 Patrol
Police Chief Challis gave the rationale. Open Public Comment
The minutes record 12 yes, 0 no, but do not name every member’s vote, so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Police Chief Challis gave the rationale. Open Public Comment VOTE: PASSES 12 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, STARR, TAMASH, TERKELSEN Seeing no one and no one on zoom, close public comment.”
The amount of $65,381 be appropriated and added to the Fiscal Year 2025 Police Department Operating Expense Budget for the purpose of funding the initial expens
ORDERED: That the amount of $65,381 be appropriated and added to the Fiscal Year 2025 Police Department Operating Expense Budget for the purpose of funding the initial expenses related to hiring five new police officers including training, uniforms, assessments, ammunition and equipment purchases, and that the Town Manager is authorized to contract for and expend the appropriation made available for these purposes.
The minutes record 12 yes, 0 no, but do not name every member’s vote, so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded it was ORDERED: That the amount of $65,381 be appropriated and added to the Fiscal Year 2025 Police Department Operating Expense Budget for the purpose of funding the initial expenses related to hiring five new police officers including training, uniforms, assessments, ammunition and equipment purchases, and that the Town Manager is authorized to contract for and expend the appropriation made available for these purposes. VOTE: PASSES 12 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, STARR, TAMASH, TERKELSEN.”
2025-046 2025-046 Appointments To A Board/committee/commission
RESOLVED: That the Town Council appoints the following individuals to a multiple-member Board/Committee/Commission: Appointments to a Board/Committee/Commission: Comprehensive Financial Advisory Committee: Chris King, as a regular member to a term expiring 06/30/2026; Housing Committee: Chris Beach, as a regular member to a term expiring 06/30/2025; Mid Cape Cultural Council: Rachel Jones, as a regular member to a term expiring 12/31/2026; Shellfish Committee: Timothy Hamel, as a commercial permitted member to a term expiring 06/30/2026; Zoning Board of Appeals: Natalie Pittinger, as an associate member to a term expiring 06/30/2026
The minutes record 11 yes, 0 no, but do not name every member’s vote, so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion it was duly made and seconded it was RESOLVED: That the Town Council appoints the following individuals to a multiple-member Board/Committee/Commission: Appointments to a Board/Committee/Commission: Comprehensive Financial Advisory Committee: Chris King, as a regular member to a term expiring 06/30/2026; Housing Committee: Chris Beach, as a regular member to a term expiring 06/30/2025; Mid Cape Cultural Council: Rachel … VOTE: PASSES 11 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, STARR, TAMASH, TERKELSEN 2025- 047 VOTE ON THE MERITS OF A CITIZENS' PETITION REQUESTING THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL VOTE TO REVOKE AND RESCIND THE ACTION TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON JUNE 13, 2024, APPROVING THE TERMS AND EXECUTION OF A CERTAIN “SIDE AGREEMENT” INTRO: 11/07/2024, 11/21/2024 Open Public Comment.”
The Town Council does hereby vote to find that the citizens' petition submitted to it on August 22, 2024, requesting that the Town Council vote to “revoke and r
RESOLVED: That the Town Council does hereby vote to find that the citizens' petition submitted to it on August 22, 2024, requesting that the Town Council vote to “revoke and rescind the action taken in Executive Session on June 13, 2024 wherein the council, by a vote of 7-5, approved the terms and execution of a certain “Side Agreement”, and to place that proposal on the council's agenda for consideration in open, public meetings of the Town Council”, has merit.
The minutes record 6 yes, 6 no, but do not name every member’s vote, so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded it was RESOLVED: That the Town Council does hereby vote to find that the citizens' petition submitted to it on August 22, 2024, requesting that the Town Council vote to “revoke and rescind the action taken in Executive Session on June 13, 2024 wherein the council, by a vote of 7-5, approved the terms and execution of a certain “Side Agreement”, and to place that proposal on the council's agenda for … VOTE: FAILS 6 YES (BLOOM, CROW, LUDTKE, PENN, TAMASH, TERKELSEN) 6 NO Roll Call: BURDICK, CLARK, LEVESQUE, NEARY, SCHNEPP, STARR Councilor Starr left the meeting.”
2025-048 Refer to second reading on 12/05/2024: 2025-048 Appointments To A Board/committee/commission
To refer to second reading on 12/05/2024 (2025-048: RESOLVED: That the Town Council appoints the following individuals to a multiple-member Board/Committee/Commission: Registrar of Voters: Thomas Chartrand, 320 Stevens St, Hyannis, MA 02601)
From the minutes
“RESOLVED: That the Town Council appoints the following individuals to a multiple-member Board/Committee/Commission: Registrar of Voters: Thomas Chartrand, 320 Stevens St, Hyannis, MA 02601 VOTE: REFER TO SECOND READING ON 12/05/2024 - PASSES 11 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, TAMASH, TERKELSEN.”
2025-050 Refer to public hearing on 12/05/2024: 2025-050 Allocation Of Tax Levy Fiscal Year 2025 - Tax Factor
To refer to public hearing on 12/05/2024 (2025-050: RESOLVED: That the Town Council hereby votes to classify the Town of Barnstable under M.G.L. c. 40, § 56 at a Residential Factor of 1 (one) for the Fiscal Year 2025.)
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded it was RESOLVED: That the Town Council hereby votes to classify the Town of Barnstable under M.G.L. c. 40, § 56 at a Residential Factor of 1 (one) for the Fiscal Year 2025. VOTE: REFER TO PUBLIC HEARING ON 12/05/2024 - PASSES 11 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, TAMASH, TERKELSEN.”
2025-051 Refer to second reading on 12/05/2024: 2025-051 Allocation Of Tax Levy Fiscal Year 2025 - Residential Exemption
To refer to second reading on 12/05/2024 (2025-051: RESOLVED: That the Town Council hereby votes to adopt a Residential Exemption of twenty- five percent (25%) for Fiscal Year 2025.)
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded it was RESOLVED: That the Town Council hereby votes to adopt a Residential Exemption of twenty- five percent (25%) for Fiscal Year 2025. VOTE: REFER TO SECOND READING ON 12/05/2024 - PASSES 11 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, TAMASH, TERKELSEN.”
2025-052 2025-052 Authorization To Contract For And Expend A Fiscal Year 2025 Cultural District Grant In The Amount Of $15,000 From The Massachusetts Cultural Council's Cultural District Investment Grant Program For Th
RESOLVED: That the Town Council does hereby authorize the Town Manager to contract for and expend a Fiscal Year 2025 Cultural District Investment Grant in the amount of $15,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Cultural District Investment Grant program for the purpose of providing financial assistance in support of programming and marketing efforts in the Hyannis HyArts Cultural District.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded it was RESOLVED: That the Town Council does hereby authorize the Town Manager to contract for and expend a Fiscal Year 2025 Cultural District Investment Grant in the amount of $15,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Cultural District Investment Grant program for the purpose of providing financial assistance in support of programming and marketing efforts in the Hyannis HyArts Cultural District. VOTE: PASSES 11 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, TAMASH, TERKELSEN.”
2025-053 2025-053 Authorization To Contract For And Expend A Fiscal Year 2025 Cultural District Investment Grant In The Amount Of $15,000 From The Massachusetts Cultural Council's Cultural District Investment Grant Pro
RESOLVED: That the Town Council does hereby authorize the Town Manager to contract for and expend a Cultural District Investment Grant in the amount of $15,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Cultural District Investment Grant program in support of programming and marketing efforts in the Barnstable Village Cultural District
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded it was RESOLVED: That the Town Council does hereby authorize the Town Manager to contract for and expend a Cultural District Investment Grant in the amount of $15,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Cultural District Investment Grant program in support of programming and marketing efforts in the Barnstable Village Cultural District VOTE: PASSES 11 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, TAMASH, TERKELSEN Motion to open and continue Items 2024-054 through 2024-056 as written, to individual public hearings to be held on each item at the Town Council meeting on December 5, 2024..”
2025-054 2025-054 Authorization Of A Housing Development Incentive Program Tax Increment Exemption Agreement Between The Town Of Barnstable And Crocker Street Holdings, Llc For 8 New Market Rate Residential Rental Unit
ORDERED: That the Town Council hereby authorizes a Tax Increment Exemption (TIE) Agreement between the Town of Barnstable and Crocker Street Holding, LLC pursuant to the Housing Development Incentive Program, M.G.L. c. 40V, and the regulations promulgated thereunder at 760 CMR 66.00, for eight (8) market rate residential units located at 24 and 30 Crocker Street, Hyannis, substantially in the form presented to the Town Council at this meeting, and further authorizes the Town Manager to execute the TIE Agreement and submit it to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities for approval.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded it was ORDERED: That the Town Council hereby authorizes a Tax Increment Exemption (TIE) Agreement between the Town of Barnstable and Crocker Street Holding, LLC pursuant to the Housing Development Incentive Program, M.G.L. c. 40V, and the regulations promulgated thereunder at 760 CMR 66.00, for eight (8) market rate residential units located at 24 and 30 Crocker Street, Hyannis, substantially in the … VOTE: OPEN AND CONTNUE TO 12/05/2025 - PASSES 11 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, TAMASH, TERKELSEN.”
2025-055 2025-055 Authorization Of A Housing Development Incentive Program Tax Increment Exemption Agreement Between The Town Of Barnstable And Spartan Cleaners' Realty, Llc For 41 New Market Rate Residential Rental Un
ORDERED: That the Town Council hereby authorizes a Tax Increment Exemption (TIE) Agreement between the Town of Barnstable and Spartan Cleaners Realty, LLC pursuant to the Housing Development Incentive Program, M.G.L. c. 40V, and the regulations promulgated thereunder at 760 CMR 66.00, for forty one (41) market rate residential units located at 242 Barnstable Road, Hyannis, substantially in the form presented to the Town Council at this meeting, and further authorizes the Town Manager to execute the TIE Agreement and submit it to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities for approval.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded it was ORDERED: That the Town Council hereby authorizes a Tax Increment Exemption (TIE) Agreement between the Town of Barnstable and Spartan Cleaners Realty, LLC pursuant to the Housing Development Incentive Program, M.G.L. c. 40V, and the regulations promulgated thereunder at 760 CMR 66.00, for forty one (41) market rate residential units located at 242 Barnstable Road, Hyannis, substantially in … VOTE: OPEN AND CONTNUE TO 12/05/2025 - PASSES 11 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, TAMASH, TERKELSEN.”
2025-056 2025-056 Authorization Of A Housing Development Incentive Program Tax Increment Exemption Agreement Between The Town Of Barnstable And Hyannis Harbor, Llc For 85 New Market Rate Residential Rental Units Locate
ORDERED: That the Town Council hereby authorizes a Tax Increment Exemption (TIE) Agreement between the Town of Barnstable and Hyannis Harbor, LLC pursuant to the Housing Development Incentive Program, M.G.L. c. 40V, and the regulations promulgated thereunder at 760 CMR 66.00, for eighty-five (85) market rate residential units located at 201 Main Street, Hyannis, substantially in the form presented to the Town Council at this meeting, and further authorizes the Town Manager to execute the TIE Agreement and submit it to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities for approval.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded it was ORDERED: That the Town Council hereby authorizes a Tax Increment Exemption (TIE) Agreement between the Town of Barnstable and Hyannis Harbor, LLC pursuant to the Housing Development Incentive Program, M.G.L. c. 40V, and the regulations promulgated thereunder at 760 CMR 66.00, for eighty-five (85) market rate residential units located at 201 Main Street, Hyannis, substantially in the form … VOTE: OPEN AND CONTNUE TO 12/05/2025 - PASSES 11 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, TAMASH, TERKELSEN.”
2025-057 2025-057 Resolve That The Town Petition The County Commissioners Of Barnstable County To Formally Discontinue Two Sections Of County Highway That Together Comprise A Portion Of Osterville-west Barnstable Road
RESOLVED: That the Town Council hereby approves of filing a petition pursuant to M.G.L. c. 82, § 5, with the County Commissioners of Barnstable County to formally discontinue two sections of County highway that together comprise the portion of Osterville-West Barnstable Road in Marstons Mills and Osterville Village extending from just north of the Flint Street intersection southerly to South County Road, as follows: The first section is described in a Barnstable County Commissioners' layout and order of taking dated September 5, 1931, and recorded in the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Book 483, Page 449, and shown on a set of plans of land recorded in said Registry in Plan Book 44, Pages 111 (sheets F-1 and F-2), 113 (sheets F-1 and F-2) and 115 (sheets F-1 and F-2). The second section is described in a Barnstable County Commissioners' layout and order of taking dated April 18,
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded it was RESOLVED: That the Town Council hereby approves of filing a petition pursuant to M.G.L. c. 82, § 5, with the County Commissioners of Barnstable County to formally discontinue two sections of County highway that together comprise the portion of Osterville-West Barnstable Road in Marstons Mills and Osterville Village extending from just north of the Flint Street intersection southerly to South … VOTE: PASSES 11 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, TAMASH, TERKELSEN.”
2025-058 2025-058 Resolve That The Town Petition The County Commissioners Of Barnstable County To Formally Discontinue Two Sections Of County Highway That Together Comprise The Entire Length Of Bumps River Road And A P
RESOLVED: That the Town Council hereby approves of filing a petition pursuant to M.G.L. c. 82, § 5, with the County Commissioners of Barnstable County to formally discontinue two sections of County highway that together comprise the entire length of Bumps River Road and a portion of Park Avenue in the villages of Marstons Mills, Osterville and Centerville, as follows: Both sections constitute the entire area described in a Barnstable County Commissioners' layout and order of taking dated February 2, 1928, and recorded in the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Book 450, Page 364, and shown on a set of plans of land recorded in said Registry in Plan Book 22, Pages 85 (sheets F-1 and F-2), 87 (sheets F-1 and F-2), 89, (sheets F-1 and F-2), 91 (sheets F-1 and F-2) and 93 (sheets F-1 and F-2). The involved portion of Park Street, including at its intersection with Old Stage Road and Main
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded it was RESOLVED: That the Town Council hereby approves of filing a petition pursuant to M.G.L. c. 82, § 5, with the County Commissioners of Barnstable County to formally discontinue two sections of County highway that together comprise the entire length of Bumps River Road and a portion of Park Avenue in the villages of Marstons Mills, Osterville and Centerville, as follows: Both sections constitute … VOTE: PASSES 11 YES Roll Call: BLOOM, BURDICK, CLARK, CROW, LEVESQUE, LUDTKE, NEARY, PENN, SCHNEPP, TAMASH, TERKELSEN Vice-President Tamash moved to go into executive session pursuant to G.L. c. 30A, sec. 21(a)(6) to consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property since a discussion in op.”
From the Barnstable Town Council’s official minutes, posted on the town’s website. We check every roll call against the recorded count and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. Member photos: Cape Cod Times (Charles Bloom, Kristine Clark, John Crow, Felicia Penn, Barry Sheingold, Gordon Starr, Craig Tamash); the members’ own websites (William Crocker, Thomas Keane, Betty Ludtke); Seth Burdick from the Cotuit-Santuit Civic Association. Matthew Levesque from his Commercial Realty Advisors bio. Lisa DaLuz from Barnstable Government Access video of the October 1, 2026 Town Council meeting (identified by the nameplate in front of each member).
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