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Finance committee postpones public-health lab staffing additions pending revenue analysis

2852408 · April 2, 2025
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Summary

Delegates deferred action on three proposed full-time lab positions — assistant lab director, chemist (PFAS work) and bacteriologist — and a wage increase for sampling staff until the lab director provides a revenue sufficiency analysis by April 7.

The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates Standing Committee on Finance on March 31 postponed consideration of proposed staffing additions and wage increases for the county public-health laboratory until the lab director can confirm whether laboratory revenue will cover the additional costs.

Committee members described three proposed full-time positions in ordinance 4: an assistant lab director (required by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for…

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