ROLL CALL
01:31PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
02:10MOMENT OF SILENCE
06:03PUBLIC COMMENT
07:13COUNCIL RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENT
32:30TOWN MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS (Pre-Recorded and available on Video on Demand on the Town website)
49:42ACT ON PUBLIC SESSION MINUTES: November 07, 2024
57:14COMMUNICATIONS - from elected officials, boards, committees, and staff, commission reports, correspondence and announcements
59:01Update from Bob Schulte, Chair, Committee to Review and Assess Zoning and Review the Town’s Use of Regulatory Agreements
01:01:30Update from Rick Presbrey, Chair, Committee to Assess and Recommend Strategies for Housing Creation Within the Town
01:10:00Update from Councilor Kris Clark, Chair, Committee to Review Town Council Rules and Town Code
01:26:15ORDERS OF THE DAY
01:29:18OLD BUSINESS
01:29:222025-038
01:29:43Appropriation Order in the amount of $65,381 for the Barnstable Police Department Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Expense Budget for the purpose of funding the costs associated with the hiring of 5 patrol officers (Public Hearing) (Roll Call Majority Full Council)
2025-046
01:37:03Appointments to a Board/Committee/Commission: Comprehensive Financial Advisory Committee: Chris King, as a regular member to a term expiring 06/30/2026; Housing Committee: Chris Beach, as a regular member to a term expiring 06/30/2025; Mid Cape Cultural Council: Rachel Jones, as a regular member to a term expiring 12/31/2026; Shellfish Committee: Timothy Hamel, as a commercial permitted member to a term expiring 06/30/2026; Zoning Board of Appeals: Natalie Pittinger, as an associate member to a term expiring 06/30/2026 (May be acted upon) (Majority Vote)
2025-047
01:38:20Vote on the merits of a Citizens’ Petition requesting that the Town Council vote to revoke and rescind the action taken in Executive Session on June 13, 2024, approving the terms and execution of a certain “side agreement” (Public Hearing) (Majority Vote)
NEW BUSINESS
03:28:452025-048
03:30:05Appointments to a Board/Committee/Commission: Registrar of Voters: Thomas Chartrand, 320 Stevens St, Hyannis, MA 02601(First Reading) (Refer to Second Reading 12/05/2024)
2025-049
03:30:06Fiscal Year 2025 spending limitation for Asset Management Revolving Fund (May be acted upon) (Majority Vote)
2025-050
03:59:18Allocation of Tax Levy Fiscal Year 2025 – Tax Factor (First Reading) (Refer to Public Hearing 12/05/2024) .
2025-051
04:00:30Allocation of Tax Levy Fiscal Year 2025 – Residential Exemption (First Reading) (Refer to Second Reading 12/05/2024)
2025-052
04:01:43Authorization to contract for and expend a Fiscal Year 2025 Cultural District Grant in the amount of $15,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Cultural District Investment Grant Program for the Hyannis HyArts Cultural District (May be acted upon) (Majority Vote)
2025-053
04:03:39Authorization to contract for and expend a Fiscal Year 2025 Cultural District Investment Grant in the amount of $15,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Cultural District Investment Grant Program for the Barnstable Village Cultural District (May be acted upon) (Majority Vote)
2025-054
04:05:50Authorization of a Housing Development Incentive Program Tax Increment Exemption Agreement between the Town of Barnstable and Crocker Street Holding, LLC for eight (8) new Market Rate Residential Rental Units located at located at 24 and 30 Crocker Street, Hyannis (First Reading) (Refer to Second Reading 12/05/2024) .
2025-055
04:05:51Authorization of a Housing Development Incentive Program Tax Increment Exemption Agreement between the Town of Barnstable and Spartan Cleaners Realty, LLC for 41 new Market Rate Residential Rental Units located at located at 242 Barnstable Road, Hyannis (First Reading) (Refer to Second Reading 12/05/2024)
2025-056
04:05:53Authorization of a Housing Development Incentive Program Tax Increment Exemption Agreement between the Town of Barnstable and Hyannis Harbor, LLC for 85 new Market Rate Residential Rental Units located at located at 201 Main Street, Hyannis (First Reading) (Refer to Second Reading 12/05/2024)
2025-057
04:06:42Resolve that the Town petition the County Commissioners of Barnstable County to formally discontinue two sections of county highway that together comprise a portion of Osterville-West Barnstable Road in Marstons Mills and Osterville village extending from just north of the Flint Street intersection southerly to South County Road (May be acted upon) (Majority Vote)
2025-058
04:10:00Resolve that the Town petition the County Commissioners of Barnstable County to formally discontinue two sections of county highway that together comprise the entire length of Bumps River Road and a portion of Park Avenue, including at its the intersection with Old Stage Road and Main Street, in Marstons Mills, Osterville and Centerville Villages (May be acted upon) (Majority Vote) .