Sound Financial Management Practices

Accounting-Auditing

• Statutory Treatment of Municipal Revenues 
• Enterprise Funds 
• Annual Audits 
• Reconciling Cash and Receivables 

Administrative

• Identity Theft: Start Protecting Your Community's Personal Information 
• Financial Team 
• Energy Cost Management 

Assessing

• Property Inspection Program 
• Property Sales Inspections 

Budget Related

• Annual Budget Process in Towns 
• Cash Flow Budgeting & Short Term Borrowing 
• Formal Budget and Municipal Calendar 
• Quarterly Budget Projections 

Cities and Towns General

• homerule.pdf 
• The Adaptive City 
• Legal Services for Municipalities 

Collections

• Online Bill Payments 
• Collection Process 

Financial Planning

• City, Town and District Reserves 
• Forecasting 
• Free Cash 
• Presenting and Funding Major Capital Projects 
• Reserve Policies 
• Retirement Costs 
• Saving Money on Retiree Health Insurance Costs 
• Special Purpose Stabilization Funds 
• User Fees 

General Municipal Finances

• Overrides and Exclusions 
• Revenue and Appropriation Deficits 
• Revolving Funds/Non-School Purposes 
  

Personnel

• Performance Evaluations 
• OPEB and Regionalization 

Schools

• Regional School District Budget 
• Monitoring Regional School District Finances 

Technology

• Hanover Technology Report 
• Sample Policies for Internet Use, Email and Computer Screensavers 
• Software as a Service or Cloud Computing 

Treasury

• Notes and Bonds 
• Cash Book 
• Cash Flow Budgeting 
• Reconciling Cash and Receivables