are you interested in your town’s government? we need you to get involved!
June 30, 2008 at 8:02 pm | In barnstable, barnstable town council, centerville, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, municpal politics, town of barnstable |Tags: appointment, barnstable, board, cfac, commission, committee, comprehensive financial advisory committee, disability commission, planning board, public works commission, volunteer, zba, zoning board of appeals
The past several months I have been working as a member of the appointments committee. We have a hard working group who each bring a different perspective to the table. Our task is to fill open seats on our over 30 boards and commissions
Our council’s administrative assistant is working hard to assess the present make-up of our many boards and committees. The process is involved and often confusing as she investigates original appointments, openings, and our boards and committees in relation to our administrative code.
The bottom line is we often have open seats that can sit for months or even years before being filled.
The openings are constantly changing and a moving target, but we need people who are interested in serving.
If you are a resident of Barnstable and there is an area of town government or operations that interests you, take a look to see if there is a related board or commission. Some are regulatory, but most are advisory making recommendations to the administrative or legislative branch of government.
We are looking for diversity.
We are looking for talent.
We are looking for people who care and are willing to make a commitment.
If you are interested - check out the list of boards and committees listed on the application form:
http://www.town.barnstable.ma.us/TownCouncil/committeeapp.pdf
if you are interested in serving - fill out the application - put together a letter and your background information, and send it in to, or drop it off at our town council office. If there is an opening for a board or committee, you will be contacted for an interview with the appointments committee.
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Great message!
If you don’t like something, it is better to work WITH the system rather than work against it! Get involved in the PROCESS!!
Sign me up! (again)
Willie
Comment by Anonymous — July 1, 2008 #
yah, like an outsider has a chance, especially if they disagree with the way the current government is being run.
Comment by skeptical — July 2, 2008 #
Any resident of town can fill out an application.
If there is an open seat the applicant will be interviewed.
If said “outsider” goes through the interview process saying they don’t want to work with the committee because they think the committee should be changed, then the appointments committee would consider the committee itself in its recommendation…..
Also, if someone is appointed to a committee then quits because they disagree with legal issues, then that has nothing to do with the appointments process.
Comment by JSJ — July 2, 2008 #
There’re lots of good people on town committees who don’t agree with each other. That’s actually a good thing.
Being appointed to (a committee) and working on the committee has led to some pretty frustrating meetings. But, it is all part of the process. In the end, it is a fufulling commitment and I’m proud of the work we do together as a committee.
People really need to get involved. We started out by taking the citizen’s leadership academy. We tried to get in to a spring class, but they were full so we took the classes in the fall.
Do it!
Comment by Anonymous — July 3, 2008 #
Too many of your boards or commissions or whatever meet during the day and some of us have jobs!
Comment by Anonymous — July 3, 2008 #
Do you just not allow comments that give a reference to other blogs? Even if the comments aren’t favorable to other blogs? I have left you at least 5 comments in the past 2 days but they don’t show up. What is that all about?
Comment by Anonymous — July 3, 2008 #
There are a couple of committees that meet during the day. We are aware that this is an issue and will be addressing this - most, if they meet during the day, will meet in the morning before work or late afternoon.
don’t let this stop you, if you are interested in applying make note of the daytime difficulties during your interview.
Comment by JSJ — July 3, 2008 #
Apologies if you are concerned about your comments remaining moderated. I am not going to get involved any references to those blogs.
When you are out and about in the community, very few people read them and those who do, for the most part, are aware of who they are and what they are all about, we don’t need to add any more to that here.
I have held a totoal of 78 comments.
Comment by JSJ — July 3, 2008 #
Big problems with your regulatory boards!!!!
This town’s love of business is reflected by the people who sit on your boards!!!
Look at the members of your ZBA!
Is there ANYONE on that board who does NOT have an investment of some sort in local developement?
Comment by Anonymous — July 5, 2008 #
(IP: 75.220.193.40 , 40.sub-75-220-193.myvzw.com)
http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=75.220.193.40
I think the display of ineptitude combinerd with the obvious back room
negotiations to enable a clique of Council Members to foster an agenda
Comment by Anonymous — July 5, 2008 #
I called the building the building department last week.
We drove by the old Tradewinds hotel and almost went off the road. What the %$&* is going on there?
How is such an ugly huge buildig get built when everyone else has to wait for your zoning regulations? I was shocked to find that the appeals committee allowed that hotel to expand like this!!! Does the city council in this town have any control over such ridiculous thing?
Comment by DISGUSTED! — July 5, 2008 #
“Town Council” SORRY!
Comment by DISGUSTED! — July 5, 2008 #