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Finance committee discusses streamlining FY26 budget process to reduce staff burden
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Members of the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates standing committee on finance discussed proposals to streamline the FY26 budget review so department heads spend less time on budget work while preserving depth of scrutiny; Administrator Dutton will provide a memo with proposed changes.
Members of the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates standing committee on finance discussed ways to streamline the Fiscal Year 2026 budget process so department managers can focus more on running their departments while the administration takes a larger coordinating role.
County Administrator Dutton told the committee the budget process as laid out in the charter and administrative code is lengthy and can occupy department heads for much of the year. “I would much rather have department heads working on what they were hired to do, than sort of…
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