Published Reports

Financial management reviews are conducted, at no charge, upon the written request of the board of selectmen in a town and the mayor in a city. There is a waiting list for this service and once initiated, it takes three-to-four months to complete a report.

Request a Financial Management Review. Available is a more detailed description  of a financial management review and an explanation of how to request one in writing. Please direct an email request to Rick Kingsley, Bureau Chief, Municipal Data Management and Technical Assistance Bureau at kingsleyf@dor.state.ma.us.

View Published Reports. Choose to view DLS financial management reviews and other reports by release date or by municipality.

  Sorted by Date

• Otis Report, March 2013 
• Dighton Water District Report, March 2013 
• Georgetown Report, February 2013 
• Cohasset Report, February 2013 
• Bernardston Report, December 2012 
• Marshfield Report, December 2012 
• Brockton Report, November 2012 
•   Fairhaven, November 2012 
• Manchester-by-the-Sea, August 2012 
• Nantucket, July 2012 
• Wrentham, July 2012 
• Newburyport Indirect Cost Analysis, June 2012 
• Sherborn, May 2012 
• Leicester, April 2012 
• North Attleborough Proposed Charter Cost Impact, March 2012 
  
• Conway, March 2012 
• Arlington Town and School Finances, January 2012 
• Wendell, January 2012 
• West Brookfield, December 2011 
• Dunstable, November 2011 
• Carver, October 2011   
• Belmont, August 2011 
• Blandford, August 2011 
• Yarmouth, July 2011 
• Plainville Sewer Analysis, June 2011  file size 4MB
• Brookfield, June 2011 
• Townsend, May 2011 
• Westport, March 2011 
• Harvard, March 2011 
• Hardwick, March 2011 
• Malden, March 2011 
• Northfield, February 2011 
• South Hadley, January 2011 
• Hatfield, January 2011 
• Sunderland Assessing Office Review, December 2010 
• Millville Assessing Office Review, October 2010 
• Westfield, October 2010 
• Dukes County, September 2010 
• North Adams, August 2010 
• Goshen, July 2010 
• Middlefield, July 2010 
• Andover, May 2010 
• Wareham, June 2010 
• Kingston, May 2010 
• Hanover Financial Software & Technology Analysis, April 2010 
• Ashby-Townsend Police & Communications Analysis, March 2010 
• Lancaster Regionalization Analysis: Conservation Agent, March 2010 
• Wales, February 2010 
• Westminster, December 2009 
• Auburn, December 2009 
• Oakham, November 2009 
• Templeton, October 2009 
• Hubbardston, October 2009 
• Ware, August 2009 
• Wellfleet, July 2009 
• Lynn, June 2009 
• Hull, June 2009 
• Fall River, March 2009 
• Ashburnham, February 2009 
• Gill, February 2009 
• Lunenburg, December 2008 
• Lancaster Water Review, December 2008 
• Hamilton, November 2008 
• Shirley, November 2008 
• Holland, October 2008 
• Randolph, September 2008 
• Bridgewater, September 2008 
• Gardner, September 2008 
• Newbury, July 2008 
• Greenfield, July 2008 
• Blackstone, May 2008 
• Uxbridge, May 2008 
• Fitchburg, May 2008 
• Provincetown, April 2008 
• Topsfield, March 2008 
• Tyngsborough, March 2008 
• Lawrence, March 2008 
• Warwick, February 2008 
• Williamsburg, January 2008 
• Freetown, January 2008 
• Holyoke, December 2007 
• Rowe, December 2007 
• Southampton, October 2007 
• Seekonk, October 2007 
• North Brookfield, October 2007 
• Sharon, October 2007 
• Clinton, September 2007 
• Dartmouth, July 2007 
• Ipswich, July 2007 
• Ashfield Assessing Review, June 2007 
• Ashland, June 2007 
• Ayer, May 2007 
• Hadley Highway and Water Departments Review, May 2007 
• Middleborough, May 2007 
• Canton, April 2007 
• Lowell, April 2007 
• Hopedale, March 2007 
• Hadley Sewer Department & Enterprise Fund Review, February 2007 
• Maynard, January 2007 
• Rochester, January 2007 
• Marlborough, December 2006 
• Plymouth, November 2006 
• Becket, October 2006 
• Paxton, September 2006 
• Hampden, September 2006 
• Salem, August 2006 
• New Bedford, July 2006 
• Phillipston, June 2006 
• Aquinnah, March 2006 
• Bellingham, March 2006 
• East Bridgewater, February 2006 
• Lenox, January 2006 
• Mendon, October 2005 
• Hopkinton, October 2005 
• Medway, September 2005 
• Granby, June 2005 
• Berkley, March 2005 
• Webster, February 2004 

Sorted by Municipality
 

• Andover, May 2010 
• Aquinnah, March 2006 
• Arlington Town and School Finances, January 2012 
• Ashburnham, February 2009 
• Ashby-Townsend Police & Communications Analysis, March 2010 
• Ashfield Assessing Review, June 2007 
• Ashland, June 2007 
• Auburn, December 2009 
• Ayer, May 2007 
• Becket, October 2006 
• Bellingham, March 2006   
• Belmont, August 2011 
• Berkley, March 2005 
• Bernardston Report, December 2012 
• Blackstone, May 2008 
• Blandford, August 2011 
• Bridgewater, September 2008 
• Brockton, November 2012 
• Brookfield, June 2011 
• Canton, April 2007 
• Carver, October 2011 
• Clinton, September 2007 
• Cohasset Report, February 2013 
• Conway, March 2012 
• Dartmouth, July 2007 
• Dighton Water District Report, March 2013 
• Dukes County, September 2010 
• Dunstable, November 2011 
• East Bridgewater, February 2006 
• Fairhaven, November 2012 
• Fall River, March 2009 
• Fitchburg, May 2008 
• Freetown, January 2008 
• Gardner, September 2008 
• Georgetown Report, February 2013 
• Gill, February 2009 
• Goshen, July 2010 
• Granby, June 2005 
• Greenfield, July 2008 
• Hadley Sewer Department & Enterprise Fund Review, February 2007 
• Hadley Highway and Water Departments Review, May 2007 
• Hamilton, November 2008 
• Hampden, September 2006 
• Hanover Financial Software & Technology Analysis, April 2010 
• Hardwick, March 2011 
• Harvard, March 2011 
• Hatfield, January 2011 
• Holland, October 2008 
• Holyoke, December 2007 
• Hopedale, March 2007  file size 4MB
• Hopkinton, October 2005 
• Hubbardston, October 2009 
• Hull, June 2009 
• Ipswich, July 2007 
• Kingston, May 2010 
• Lancaster Regionalization Analysis: Conservation Agent, March 2010 
• Lancaster Water Review, December 2008 
• Lawrence, March 2008 
• Leicester, April 2012 
• Lenox, January 2006 
• Lowell, April 2007 
• Lunenburg, December 2008 
• Lynn, June 2009 
• Malden, March 2011 
• Manchester-by-the-Sea, August 2012 
• Marlborough, December 2006 
• Marshfield, December 2012 
• Maynard, January 2007 
• Medway, September 2005 
• Mendon, October 2005 
• Middleborough, May 2007 
• Middlefield, July 2010 
• Millville Assessing Office Review, October 2010 
• Nantucket, July 2012 
• New Bedford, July 2006 
• Newbury, July 2008 
• Newburyport Indirect Cost Analysis, June 2012 
• North Adams, August 2010 
• North Attleborough Proposed Charter Cost Impact, March 2012 
• North Brookfield, October 2007 
• Northfield, February 2011 
• Oakham, November 2009 
• Otis Report, March 2013 
• Paxton, September 2006 
• Phillipston, June 2006 
• Plainville Sewer Analysis, June 2011  file size 4MB
• Plymouth, November 2006 
• Provincetown, April 2008 
• Randolph, September 2008 
• Rochester, January 2007 
• Rowe, December 2007 
• Salem, August 2006 
• Seekonk, October 2007 
• Sharon, October 2007 
• Sherborn, May 2012 
• Shirley, November 2008 
• South Hadley, January 2011 
• Southampton, October 2007 
• Sunderland Assessing Office Review, December 2010 
• Templeton, October 2009 
• Topsfield, March 2008 
• Townsend, May 2011 
• Tyngsborough, March 2008 
• Uxbridge, May 2008 
• Wales, February 2010 
• Ware, August 2009 
• Wareham, June 2010 
• Warwick, February 2008 
• Webster, February 2004 
• Wellfleet, July 2009 
• Wendell, January 2012 
• West Brookfield, December 2011 
• Westfield, October 2010 
• Westminster, December 2009 
• Westport, March 2011 
• Williamsburg, January 2008 
• Wrentham, July 2012 
• Yarmouth, July 2011