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Barnstable County administrator reports grant awards, contract actions and disaster planning to assembly

5773898 · September 18, 2025
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Administrator Michael Dutton briefed the Assembly on recent regional commissioners' approvals: a shared-regional-housing appropriation, a contract amendment for the municipal fire training site, a MassDEP grant through the Clean Water Center, paving contracts and concerns about FEMA funding for disaster recovery.

Barnstable County Administrator Michael Dutton told the Assembly of Delegates on Wednesday that the regional board of commissioners has approved several administrative actions and that staff are preparing for an active fall season, including hurricane season and related disaster-recovery planning.

Dutton summarized recent commissioner actions: a supplemental budget appropriation to receive shared regional housing funds (roughly $157,000, to be paid by participating towns, he said); an almost $619,000 contract amendment with GZA, the licensed site professional for the former municipal fire training site; and a grant agreement between MassDEP and Barnstable County, acting through MassTC (now called the Clean Water Center), for just under $417,000 over two years…

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