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Barnstable County registry of deeds projects higher revenue in FY25 and requests level-funded FY26 budget
Summary
Registry officials told commissioners they are seeking a modest 4% budget increase—driven by personnel costs—after reporting stronger-than-expected revenue this fiscal year despite 40-year low transaction volumes.
Jack Mead, registrar of Deeds for Barnstable County, and David Murphy, assistant registrar of Deeds, told commissioners the registry is seeking about a 4% increase in its FY26 operating request, nearly all attributable to step increases, cost-of-living adjustments and a 12% health-insurance increase.
“We try to be as level funded as possible,” Mead said. He added that roughly 94% of the registry's budget is personnel costs and that staffing levels remain “about as…
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