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Article 20 To see if the Town will vote to create an additional position of full-time(40 hours/week)Assistant Health Agent within the Health Department,with said position to be classified under Unit A of the Managers Laborers' International Union of North America, to be effective July 1, 2019, and to appropriate and transfer the sum of$96,341 from revenue available for appropriation, with said funds to be distributed as follows: $57,705 to the Health Department Salary/Wage account, $25,272 to the Medical Insurance account, $35 to the Group Life Insurance account, $837 to the Medicare expense account, and$12,492 to the Barnstable County Retirement expense account, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Health Explanation: A Town Bylaw is being proposed that requires short-term rental properties to register, pay a fee for inspection and to obtain permitting in the form of a rental certificate. The fee for the rental certificate shall be set by the Selectmen. The Board of Health shall be the department that registers, tracks the certificates and inspection via the Permiteyes permitting software. A portion of the revenue obtained from the rental certificate program and a portion from the excise tax with an approximate number of rentals in town at 400 will be sufficient to pay for the new position.'The Assistant Health Agent position shall perform the rental certificate program inspections and all other required duties of the Board of Health as specified in the position job description. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 20 by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee does not recommend approval of Article 20 by a vote of 5-0. Motion made by Selectman Thomas O'Hara. Motion: I move the Town vote to create an additional position of full-time (40 hours/week) Assistant Health Agent within the Health Department, with said position to be classified under Unit A of the Managers Laborers' International Union of North America, to be effective July 1, 2019, and to appropriate and transfer the sum of$96,341 from revenue available for appropriation, with said funds to be distributed as follows: $57,705 to the Health Department Salary/Wage account, $25,272 to the Medical Insurance account,$35 to the Group Life Insurance account,$837 to the Medicare expense account, and $12,492 to the Barnstable County Retirement expense account. Motion defeated by hand count yes 57 to no 81 at 9:30 PM. Article 21 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer the sum of$25,000 from the Waterways Improvement Fund to the Great River/Little River Channel Expansion Account for the purpose of providing engineering, surveying and testing services for the expansion project or take any other action thereto. Submitted by the Waterways Commission 22