Finance committee forwards IT, extension, AmeriCorps and other budgets to full assembly

The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates Standing Committee on Finance on March 31 recommended that the full assembly approve multiple department budgets, voting unanimously to forward the IT, Cooperative Extension, AmeriCorps of Cape Cod, facilities, registry of deeds and human services budgets and to request a presentation amendment for the Cape Cod Commission ordinance.

The committee's action matters because these recommendations move the county's operating budgets closer to final approval by the full assembly and because several items include grant-funded positions and revenue assumptions that members flagged for continued oversight.

The most immediate actions were approvals of the information-technology and Cooperative Extension budgets. Delegate Frizzell moved to advance the IT budget and Delegate O'Malley seconded; the roll call was unanimous in favor. Delegate Fry Zell moved and a colleague seconded a favorable recommendation for Cooperative Extension; that motion also passed unanimously. Committee members said they had reviewed the IT director’s revenue and expense estimates and found them conservative and reasonable.

Delegates also recommended favorable action on the AmeriCorps of Cape Cod budget after the committee heard that the program…