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Address

Newton City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Ave
Newton Centre, MA 02459
617-796-1000
TDD/TTY 617-796-1089

Hours

Monday - Friday
8:30am-5:00pm
Tuesday
8:30am- 8:00pm

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Comptroller's Office

David C. Wilkinson,Comptroller
dwilkinson@newtonma.gov

Room 108 Newton City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Ave.
Tel:(617) 796-1300
Fax: (617) 796-1196

Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Closed Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

 

IRS Form W-9 Taxpayer Identification

IRS Publication 526-Tax Deductable Gifts/Donations

Whats New

Financial Management Guidelines

FY 2012 Interim Reports

Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs)
    Audited
     
Actuarial Valuation Studies
     
Financial Trend Information
    Unaudited Budgetary Basis of Accounting

Budgetary Basis Annual Financial Reports

Newton Contributory Retirement System

 
 

     Organization Chart

Overview  The Comptroller's Office provides accounting, auditing and financial reporting services to all City Departments, Boards, and Commissions in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Municipal Ordinances, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for State and Local Governments.
Mission Statement Provide supervision & oversight over all financial activities of the City; maintain the City's financial accounting system in a manner that is capable of responding to a variety of financial information needs; prepare and distribute timely and accurate financial reports to management; the board of aldermen; state and federal agencies; taxpayers and members of the public; perform other duties as assigned by the Board of Aldermen.
Major Responsibilities

Provide oversight of all financial activities of the City for purposes of:

  • Assuring financial transactions are undertaken in accordance with federal, state, and local law, regulation, contract, and policy; and that City assets are protected from misuse or misappropriation. 
  • Assuring that financial transactions are properly documented and approved. 
  • Assuring that financial transactions are properly recorded in the City's accounting system. 

Prepare and distribute accurate and timely financial reports from data maintained in the accounting system in order to meet reporting needs of: 


The Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and School Committee; 
City departments; 
Boards and committees;
State & federal grant and oversight agencies; 
Trustees of City trust funds;
Independent financial auditors;
Financial Markets, citizens & taxpayers.

  • Oversee day-to-day administration of the City's contributory retirement system and serve as one of five trustees of the system 
  • Administer the City' property insurance program 
  • Assist the Mayor's Office in the preparation of the annual budget
  • Assist the Board of Aldermen in the analysis and approval of the annual budget 
  • Coordinate the completion of the annual independent financial audit Provide financial research and analysis assistance to the Board of Aldermen, as requested
Independent External Audit

Finance and Audit Committee

Alderman Leonard Gentile, Chairman
Alderman Allan Ciccone, jr
Alderman Stephen Linsky
Alderman Anthony Salvucci
Alderman John Rice
Alderman Richard Blazer
Alderman Ruthanne Fuller, Vice Chairman
Alderman Cheryl Lappin
Alderman Scott Lennon, Board President

Independent External Auditors

Sullivan, Rogers & Company, LLC

Corporate Place I, Suite 204
99 South Bedford Street
Burlington, Ma 01803