Town Accountant

David Keilson (1991 - Present)(Contract to renew 2009)

Office & Mailing Address
P.O. Box 439
210 College Highway
Southampton, MA 01073

Telephone, Fax & Email
413-529-1000
413-529-1006 fax
townaccountant@town.southampton.ma.us

Office Staff
Joyce Skypeck

Meetings
Please contact the Town Accountant to schedule a meeting.

General Responsibilities and Duties
The Town Accountant is appointed by the Select Board. The Accounting office provides accounting support to all departments of the Town.

The Town Accountant keeps a complete set of books in which expenditures made by all departments, boards, and committees authorized to spend money are recorded. The receipts from each source of income, the amount of each assessment levied and the abatements made are also recorded in the Town Accountant's books.

Prior to the issuance of checks for payments of expenditures, the Town Accountant inspects all invoices and requests for payment to insure that it is a legal and proper expenditure and that the expenditure is within the set budget of the body authorized to spend money. Once examined by the Town Accountant, the invoices and requests are sent to the Select Board for approval and then to the Treasurer for the actual issuance of checks.

At the end of each month, the Select Board, Finance Committee and all departments, board and committee heads are given an expenditure report showing the budgeted expense, amount expended to date and the remaining amount left in the appropriation.

All receipts are entered in the Accountant's books and compared to the Town's estimate of revenue set at the Town's annual meeting. At the end of each fiscal year these receipts, along with expenditures, are reported as a Town document in the Annual Report.

Links

Department of Revenue Website