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Since the pandemic began, there have been 642,036 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state.
There were no new deaths caused by COVID-19 reported in Barnstable County on Tuesday. Since March 2020, 461 people with COVID-19 on Cape Cod have died.
There were no new deaths reported in Dukes and Nantucket counties. The state reported a total of five deaths between the two counties since March 2020.
Barnstable County on Cape Cod had 14 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus Tuesday for a total of 13,448 since last March.
Dukes County on Martha s Vineyard had one new case Tuesday for a total of 1,246 to date. Nantucket County, which has had 1,474 coronavirus cases, had no new cases reported Tuesday.
SANDWICH A budget of more than $82 million, a plethora of zoning articles and a number of private citizen petitions are set to go before voters at Monday s annual town meeting.
Voters will be asked to approve an $82,431,491 budget for fiscal 2022. That figure represents about a 3% increase over the current fiscal year.
Town Administrator George Bud Dunham said the words “flexibility” and “patience” were the key terms used when planning the new budget, which he said is in good shape.
Between the Finance Committee and the Board of Selectmen, town officials set up a conservative budget that left out many big-ticket items.
BOURNE Although the May 3 annual and special town meetings in Bourne are no longer just about “essentials,” Town Administrator Anthony Schiavi describes what is up for debate as “pretty benign.”
Town meeting voters will tackle a proposed budget of over $70 million, sewer rates and fees, the removal of the police chief from the state’s civil service system and several private petitions, most notably the ban of single-use plastic water bottles.
Budget, rates and fees
Voters will be asked to approve a $71,735,576 budget for fiscal 2022, an increase of a little over $1 million from this year’s budget.
Article 3 will ask voters to transfer $50,000 from sewer enterprise retained earnings to the general fund to offset sewer enterprise expenses and to lower sewer ratepayer fees.
Cape Cod had no new COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday capecodtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capecodtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.