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Finance committee reviews county and commission grant funding; requests breakdown, plans formal report
Summary
The Barnstable County finance committee heard presentations from the Cape Cod Commission and county administration on Sept. 29 about grant-funded programs, staffing and budgeting, asked for a detailed breakdown of grant expenditures, and instructed staff to prepare a written report under Resolution 25-09.
On Sept. 29 the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates standing committee on finance held an extended discussion of grant funding for county programs and for the Cape Cod Commission, asking how grant revenues are budgeted and what county exposure would be if major grants ended.
Representatives from the Cape Cod Commission and county administration told the committee they include personnel and fringe benefit costs in operating budgets offset by grant revenue and that they monitor grants closely. Gail Coyne, Cape Cod Commission staff, told the committee the commission does not maintain separate pay scales for grant-funded positions: salary and step increases are part of a single pay structure and, when…
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