Overview of responsibilities
Cash management
Debt video series
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - Accounting for debt and surplus proceeds/abandoned projects (Video)
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - Borrowings subject to debt exclusion approval (Video)
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - Credit rating agencies (Video)
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - DLS oversight/conclusion (Video)
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - Emergency spending (Video)
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - Full Video (Video)
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - Introduction and overview (Video)
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - Issuance roles and responsibilities (Video)
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - Long-term debt (Video)
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - Municipal borrowing authority (Video)
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - Short-term debt (Video)
- A Deeper Dive Into Municipal Debt - Voting to borrow (Video)
- Introduction to Municipal Debt (Video)
State House notes
Bond ratings
Emergency spending
Reserves
Other funds
Tools and templates
- Debt Service Calculator (XLS)
- Debt Service Schedule Template (Excel)
- Tax Impact Calculator (Databank report)
- Treasurer's Cash Flow Budget Tool (XLS)
Other DLS resources
- A Detailed Look at Setting the Tax Rate Handbook (PDF)
- Borrowing Guidelines: Asset Useful Life Schedules and Maximum Borrowing Terms (PDF)
- Borrowing: Purposes and Procedures (IGR 2022-2: Borrowing) (PDF)
- Guidelines: Municipal Finance Provisions of the Community Preservation Act (CPA) (IGR2019-14) (PDF)
- Premiums and Surplus Proceeds for Proposition 2½ Excluded Debt (IGR 2022-1) (PDF)
- Understanding Municipal Debt (PDF)
Local options
- Adoption Timetable: Local options meals, rooms, cannabis and community impact fee (PDF)
- FAQs: Short-term Rentals and Room Occupancy (PDF)
- Guidance: Municipal Finance Law and Accounting Treatment of Retail Sales of Marijuana for Adult Use (LFO2018-3) (PDF)
- Local Option Excise on Retail Marijuana Sales (BUL2018-3) (PDF)
- Local Option Excise on Room Occupancy and Meals Excise (Bul2009-15B) (PDF)