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Yarmouth finance committee reviews Community Development budget, CPC projects and funding tweaks
Summary
The finance committee heard a Community Development presentation covering staffing, conservation and historic preservation activity, corrected wage figures for FY23, and a preview of Community Preservation Committee projects totaling several appropriations to be presented at town meeting.
Karen, representing the Community Development Department, told the Finance Committee the office’s mission is to “encourage and guide short‑term and long‑term Community Development initiatives and private investments…that promote Yarmouth as a desirable place to live, work and visit.” She reviewed divisions and staffing — eight full‑time and one part‑time positions — and highlighted increased permit and program workloads across conservation, historic preservation and planning.
Karen said the Conservation Division held 24 meetings and reviewed 79 applications in the last year, up from 23 meetings and 66 applications in 2020, and that the…
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