By Geoff Spillane, includes “The Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office transferred from county to state control in 2010, but the regional government has been left holding the bag for its employee pensions for the past decade. … The three-member board voted unanimously Thursday to send a letter to state Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, D-Boston, chairman of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, urging action on a bill that would shift the responsibility to the state. …”