Council committees

Most items go to a committee before the full board votes. Committees study them and send a recommendation back. Here are the 0 committees, who sits on each, and what they sent to the full board.

A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.

Election Day · Tuesday, Nov 3

Your Barnstable ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.

Start my ballot →

Committee assignments from the city’s committee list. The city posts minutes for the Committee on Finance and the public hearings; minutes for the other committees are not posted online, so their pages show the recommendations they sent to the full board.

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).

How to read these pagesWhere the votes come from, how we check them against the official minutes, what isn't included yet, and how to report a mistake.About city pages →