Finance Department

Finance Team Areas of Responsibility:

Accounting and Auditing - Budget formulation and execution; approval of payments, recording financial transactions, financial reporting 

Assessing - operational staff reporting to the Board of Assessors; developing property valuations for tax purposes; managing exemptions, abatement's and appeals; managing utility betterment charges; maintaining statutorily required lists of abutters. 

Financial Planning and Analysis - Financial strategic planning; financial performance planning and reporting; capital planning.

Treasury/Collecting - Investing and investment reporting; borrowing and debt reporting; disbursement of payments; tax collection and delinquent tax management; water and sewer collections; intergovernmental and grant revenue collection. 

Payroll -  Town employee time and attendance management; employee payroll computation; employee benefit management; employee leave and sick time administration; employee tax and benefit withholding and reporting. 

Procurement and Grants - Procedures and coordination of town purchase's; management of grants and cooperative funding opportunities.

• Appropriation Committee
• Capital Improvement Committee
• Commissioners of Trust Funds
• Financial Plan Working Group (Inactive)
• Town Checkbook (AP Warrants)