[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Barnstable as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-23-2025 by Order No. 2026-039[1]]
Each Standing Committee of the Town Council shall consist of five Town Councilors, provided that the members of the Zoning and Regulatory Committee of the Council shall include the chair of the Zoning Board of Appeals or his or her designee and the chair of the Planning Board or his or her designee, for a total of seven members. Membership of the Appointments Committee of the Council may include up to two members of the public for a total of up to seven members.
The members of the Appointments Committee of the Town Council shall serve for one year commencing after the annual reorganization of the Town Council. The members of the Zoning and Regulatory Committee of the Town Council shall serve for two years commencing after the reorganization of the Town Council following a regular Town election.
The Councilors serving on Standing Committees of the Town Council shall be appointed by the President of the Council from a list of names of those Councilors who have indicated that they wish to serve on such committees. The total Council will be apprised of the names of those Councilors who are willing to serve. The full Council will have the final vote on all appointments to the Standing Committees of the Council.
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Purpose. In accordance with Council rules, the Appointments Committee recommends to the Town Council a slate of persons to be reappointed or appointed to volunteer boards.
B.
The Appointments Committee will advertise on the Town website and on digital and social channels as needed throughout the year, inviting Town residents to submit letters of interest to the Town Council Administrator indicating the areas in which they would like to serve and requesting letters of interest for openings on specific multi-member boards, committees and commissions.
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Resumes will be gathered along with letters of interest from each candidate, and interviews will be conducted with new candidates as well as with candidates for reappointment whenever there are other applicants for the position for which a candidate is seeking reappointment. At the discretion of the Committee, interviews may be conducted with candidates for reappointment when they are the only applicants for the position for which they are seeking reappointment.
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Purpose. The Zoning and Regulatory Committee will review and make recommendations to the Council regarding proposed zoning amendments and other proposed regulatory ordinances and amendments submitted to the Committee by the Town Manager or by one or more Councilors. The Zoning and Regulatory Committee, on its own initiative, may submit to the Council proposed zoning amendments and other proposed regulatory amendments and ordinances.
B.
All meetings of the Zoning and Regulatory Committee shall include a period for public comment.
[Adopted 9-4-2008 by Order No. 2009-013]
In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 39, Section 23D, an absentee voting member of any of the boards, committees and commissions of the Town of Barnstable holding an adjudicatory hearing shall not be disqualified from voting solely on the basis of missing a single session so long as the following criteria are met:
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The absentee voting member shall be absent from no more than a single session of the hearing at which testimony or other evidence is received;
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Prior to voting, the absentee member shall certify, in writing, that he has examined all evidence received at the missed session and watched the video recording of the missed session, or, if no video recording is available, then has listened to the audio tape or reviewed a verbatim transcript of the missed session; and
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The absentee member shall certify, in writing, which evidence was reviewed, and the written certification shall be made part of the record and shall be filed with the Town Clerk; and
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Provided that no other member of the same board, committee or commission sitting on the same matter has invoked this provision.