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of Municipal Finance,shall be appointed by the activities such as requests and guidelines for Town Manager for a term to be determined by department budgets,preparation of financial the Town Manager and shall be subject to such forecasts of receipts, working with and conditions of employment as may be provided in providing necessary advice to the Town the Town Personnel Bylaws/Policies. Manager, the Board of Selectmen and the D. The Town Manager, in consultation with the Finance Committee during their evaluation Director of Municipal Finance and Board of and consideration of the Town budget, Assessors,shall appoint a Director of Assessing, consolidating and preparing the final budget The Director of Assessing, an officer of the submission to the Town Meeting. Department of Municipal Finance,reporting to 11) While it is the intent of this article to create the Director of Municipal Finance, shall be a Department of Municipal Finance under responsible for management of all the assessing the management of a Director of Municipal functions for the Town.A three member Board of Finance who initially will also be the Town Assessors appointed by the Board of Selectmen Accountant, the Director of Municipal shall be a part of the Department of Municipal Finance may also serve as Treasurer/Tax Finance,and shall continue to make decisions on Collector, Director of Assessing, any matters of statutory independence, which Accountant, or any combination of the they are required to make under Massachusetts above, provided that no one person shall General Laws. hold both the Accountant and Treasurer/Tax E. The functions of the consolidated Department of Collector positions at the same time. Municipal Finance shall include the following: Likewise the officers appointed may serve in more than one capacity provided that Accountant and Treasurer shall not be 1) Coordination of all fiscal and financial combined. activities and services; 2) Maintenance of all accounting records and Submitted by the Board of Selectmen other financial statements; 3) Payment of all financial obligations; Explanation: Pursuant to the provisions of the 4) Receipt of all fines due,either directly or via Mashpee Home Rule Charter, Section 5-1(b) and the responsible Department Head; Section 5-5, Town Meeting may adopt a By-law 5) Assistance to all other Town departments or establishing a Department of Municipal Finance offices in any matter related to financial responsible for the performance of the fiscal and affairs; financial duties and responsibilities of the Town. The 6) Specifically, discharge the duties of Town consolidated Department of Municipal Finance government related to accounting, treasury, proposed by this Bylaw will consolidate the functions revenue collection, assessing and financial of the offices of the Town Accountant,Town Treasurer/ risk management; Tax Collector and Board of Assessors under the 7) Responsibility for financial planning, and supervision and control of the Director of Municipal coordination of all financial planning and the Finance/Town Accountant who will report to the Town capital budgets; Manager and who shall be appointed by the Town 8) Monitor the expenditures of all funds, Manager. Each of the respective Offices within the including periodic reporting to the Department of Municipal Finance will retain its appropriate agencies of the status of respective statutory duties,responsibilities and powers. accounts; The consolidation of these Offices under the direct 9) Such matters as may be determined supervision and control of the Director of Municipal necessary from time to time by the Town Finance/ Town Accountant will facilitate the Manager and the Board of Selectmen. interactions of these essential Town departments and 10) The Director of Municipal Finance, in provide a more streamlined organizational structure for conjunction with the Town Manager,shall be the related financial functions performed by these responsible for coordinating the annual Town officers and their staff, as contemplated by the Town operating budget process as well as the Town Charter. capital budget process. This would include 64