The Town Accountant is responsible for keeping a complete set of records of all Town appropriations, including the amount and specific appropriation, amounts and purposes of expenditures, receipts of each source of income, amount of each assessment levied, and abatements made, in accordance with Mass. General Laws. The Town Accountant prepares all accounts payable and payroll warrants for the Town Departments, and all reports for local, state, and federal purposes.
The town accountant shall have custody of all contracts of the town, shall keep a register of the sureties on all bonds of indemnity given to the town, shall keep a detailed record of the town debt, showing the purpose for which it was incurred, when incurred, when due, the rate of interest and the provisions made for the payment of the debt.