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Cape Cod Commission requests 6.2% budget increase, highlights housing, freshwater and transportation work
Summary
The Cape Cod Commission requested a 6.2% operating increase for FY26 while laying out priorities including an updated regional policy plan, an economic development strategy, continued freshwater monitoring and implementation of the regional housing strategy.
Kristy Sinner, executive director of the Cape Cod Commission, told Barnstable County commissioners the commission's proposed FY26 operating budget is up about 6.2% and that staffing levels are flat from FY25 at about 39 full-time equivalents.
"Salaries and benefits account for about 82% of our overall budget," Sinner said, and the commission is budgeting standard step increases and a 3% cost-of-living adjustment in addition to anticipated health-insurance increases.
The commission identified priority projects for the coming…
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