Lisa DaLuz

ORDERED: That the Town Council hereby authorizes the Town Manager, on behalf of the Town, as part of a negotiated transaction and for nominal monetary consideration, to grant perpetual easements to the Boston Gas Company, doing business as National Grid, or one of its related entities for the installation and operation of natural gas facilities to serve the following Town-owned land and easement areas described as follows:  Upon a portion of the land located at 990 Shootflying Road in Centerville, shown as Assessor Parcel 211-006, and described in an order of taking recorded at the Barnstable Land Registration Office of the Land Court as Document No. 1,500,742, an easement area comprised of 580± square feet as shown on a plan captioned “Gas Easement Exhibit Plan” “990 Shootflying Road (Centerville Village) Barnstable, Massachusetts”, prepared by the Town of Barnstable, Department of Pub

Voted: No

Yes: Bloom, Burdick, Clark, Crocker, Keane, Levesque, Ludtke, Sheingold, TamashNo: DaLuz

Provided that in the event that the percentage change is negative no change shall be made (Sheingold) that would be on a year-by-year basis (Nober) Yes

Yes: Bloom, Burdick, Clark, Crocker, Crow, Keane, Sheingold, Starr, TamashNo: Ludtke

ORDERED: That Article II, Sewer Assessments, Chapter 184 Sewers and Water, of the General Ordinances of the Code of the Town of Barnstable shall be amended by deleting the last two sentences of § 184-9.5(A) and inserting the following new sentences in their place: “Commencing July 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, the initial maximum amount shall be adjusted as of July 1 of each year by the percentage change in the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Construction Cost Index for Boston for the immediately preceding year ending June 30, as determined by the Town Manager. The Town Manager shall post the adjusted maximum amount on the Town website each year on or before August 1, provided in the event that the percentage change is negative no change shall be made.”

Yes: Bloom, Burdick, Clark, Crocker, Crow, Keane, Sheingold, Starr, TamashNo: Ludtke

Town Attorney Karen Nober gave the rationale Discussion: (Ludtke)I would not vote for this, never, I can't stand it (Bloom) what I heard was very dry more about mitigation that we are not abandoning civil rights, need to hear more (Nober) we are not abandoning civil rights, the town has robust equal employment opportunity act that is in full effect. WHEREAS. the federal government is currently requiring all federal grant recipients to certify that they do not operate any programs promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives that violate any applicable federal anti-discrimination laws; and WHEREAS, the Town recognizes that the federal government has stated its intention to interpret this requirement so broadly as to include programs and policies that reference DEI or which may be construed to provide preferential treatment based on certain classifications, including, but n

The minutes record 9 yes, 0 no, but do not name every member’s vote, so individual votes are not shown.

Dan Santos, Director of the Public Works Department, gave the rationale for 2026-209, 2026-210, and 2026-211 all dealing with grants RESOLVED: That the Town Council does hereby authorize the Town Manager to amend the grant agreement with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to increase the amount of the grant funds provided by NRCS amount by an additional $36,932 for the purpose of construction associated with stormwater improvements on Old Shore Road in Cotuit and associated costs.

Voted: No

Yes: Bloom, Burdick, Clark, Crocker, Crow, Keane, Levesque, Ludtke, Sheingold, Starr, TamashNo: DaLuz

ORDERED: That the sum of $13,753,721 be appropriated for the purpose of funding the Town's Fiscal Year 2027 Airport Enterprise Fund Budget, and to meet such appropriation that $13,753,721 be raised from current year revenues by the Airport Enterprise Fund, as presented to the Town Council by the Town Manager.

Voted: No

Yes: Bloom, Burdick, Clark, Crocker, Crow, Keane, Levesque, Ludtke, Sheingold, Starr, TamashNo: DaLuz

ORDERED: That the sum of $12,362,909 be appropriated for the purpose of funding the Town's Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Public Works General Fund Budget, and to meet such appropriation, that $8,674,443 be raised from current year revenue, that $125,000 be provided from the Embarkation Fee Special Revenue Fund, that $66,340 be provided from the Bismore Special Revenue Fund, and that $3,497,126 be provided from the General Fund Reserves, as presented to the Town Council by the Town Manager.

Voted: No

Yes: Bloom, Burdick, Clark, Crocker, Crow, Keane, Levesque, Ludtke, Sheingold, Starr, TamashNo: DaLuz

ORDERED: That the sum of $4,327,342 be appropriated for the purpose of funding the Town's Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Public Works Solid Waste Enterprise Fund Budget, and to meet such appropriation that $4,113,398 be raised from the Enterprise Fund Revenues, and that $213,944 be provided from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund Reserves, as presented to the Town Council by the Town Manager.

Voted: Abstained

Yes: Bloom, Burdick, Clark, Crocker, Crow, Keane, Levesque, Ludtke, Sheingold, Starr, TamashAbstained: DaLuz

ORDERED: That the sum of $14,088,265 be appropriated for the purpose of funding the Town's Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Public Works Water Pollution Control Enterprise Fund Budget, and to meet such appropriation that $6,514,711 be raised from the Enterprise Fund Revenues, and that $6,173,554 be provided from the Sewer Construction and Private Road Maintenance and Improvement Special Revenue Fund, and that $1,400,000 be provided from the Capital Trust Fund, as presented to the Town Council by the Town Manager.

Voted: Abstained

Yes: Bloom, Burdick, Clark, Crocker, Crow, Keane, Levesque, Ludtke, Sheingold, Starr, TamashAbstained: DaLuz

ORDERED: That the sum of $20,666,594 be appropriated for the purpose of funding the Town's Fiscal Year 2027 Barnstable Police Department Budget; and to meet such appropriation that $20,140,135 be raised from current year revenues, that $50,000 be provided the Embarkation Fee Special Revenue Fund, and that $476,459 be provided from the General Fund Reserves, as presented to the Town Council by the Town Manager.

Voted: No

Yes: Bloom, Burdick, Clark, Crocker, Crow, Keane, Levesque, Ludtke, Sheingold, Starr, TamashNo: DaLuz