Town of Nantucket, MA
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2023-11-07
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Division 1 Bylaws
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Part I Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 19 Finances
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Article VIII Department of Municipal Finance
- Ethics
- Ch ETH Ethics
- Bylaws
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Procedures
- Ch 11 Committees
- Ch 12 Council for Human Services
- Ch 19 Finances
- Ch 19 Art VIII Department of Municipal Finance
- § 19-11 Director; protection of status of employees; responsibilities; appointment of personnel.
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 25 Liability, Municipal
- Ch 26 False Private Alarms
- Ch 27 Buses
- Ch 33 Personnel
- Ch 34 Domestic Partnerships
- Ch 38 Select Board
- Ch 40 Town Collector and Town Treasurer
- Ch 41 Board of Sewer Commissioners
- Ch 42 Solid Waste Enterprise
- Ch 44 Town Meetings
- Ch 45 Elections
- Ch 46 Town Property, Conveyance of
- General Legislation
- Ch 53 Airport Approach Zone
- Ch 54 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 55 Animals
- Ch 56 Beaches, Regulation of Motor Vehicles on
- Ch 57 Bicycles and Mopeds
- Ch 58 Car Rental Agencies, Registration of
- Ch 64 Camping
- Ch 66 Coastal Areas and Open Spaces, Protection of
- Ch 67 Coastal Properties Owned by Town, Management of
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 86 Health Regulations
- Ch 88 Junk, Metals and Secondhand Merchandise, Sale of
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 94 Loitering
- Ch 95 Marijuana
- Ch 97 Merchandise and Wares, Display of
- Ch 98 Motorized Passenger Devices
- Ch 99 Nantucket and Madaket Harbor Watersheds
- Ch 100 Nantucket Housing Needs Covenant Program
- Ch 101 Noise
- Ch 102 Outdoor Lighting
- Ch 103 (Reserved)
- Ch 104 Abandoned Vehicles
- Ch 105 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 107 Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Vendors
- Ch 108 Civil Fingerprinting
- Ch 113 Poles and Wires, Removal of
- Ch 114 Public Water Supply Use Restrictions
- Ch 117 Roofs, Noncombustible
- Ch 120 Sewers and Wastewater Facilities
- Ch 122 Shellfish, Taking of
- Ch 123 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 124 Signs; Satellite Dishes; Rooflines
- Ch 124A (Reserved)
- Ch 125 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 125A Single-Use Plastics
- Ch 126 Street Numbers, Regulating
- Ch 127 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 128 Excavation and Trench Safety
- Ch 129 (Reserved)
- Ch 132 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 135 Fuel Storage Tanks
- Ch 136 Wetlands
- Ch 137 Wharves and Waterways, Town
- Ch 139 Zoning
- Ch 140 Right to Farm
- Ch 141 Stretch Energy Code
- Town Regulations
- Ch 203 Airport Regulations
- Ch 207 Alcoholic Beverage Licensing and Regulation
- Ch 211 Animals
- Ch 216 Beaches
- Ch 220 Biodegradable Packaging
- Ch 223 Board of Health Administration
- Ch 225 Boats and Boating
- Ch 229 Body Art Establishments and Practitioners
- Ch 234 Cemeteries
- Ch 238 Comprehensive Permits
- Ch 252 Fertilizer
- Ch 256 Filming and Videotaping on Public Lands
- Ch 260 Fishing and Shellfishing
- Ch 265 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 272 Grills, Charcoal and Gas
- Ch 278 Harbors and Waterways
- Ch 283 Housing Standards
- Ch 288 Hummock Pond Watershed
- Ch 303 Madaket Harbor Watershed
- Ch 309 Nantucket Harbor Watershed
- Ch 316 Pedicabs
- Ch 327 Septic Systems
- Ch 332 Sewage Disposal and Treatment
- Ch 336 Sewers
- Ch 338 Short-Term Rental Property
- Ch 340 Signs
- Ch 345 Smoking and Tobacco Products
- Ch 349 Solid Waste
- Ch 354 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 358 Subdivisions
- Ch 361 Surface Water and Groundwater Protection
- Ch 363 Tanks, Underground
- Ch 367 Taxicabs, Charter, Limousine and Tour Vehicles
- Ch 371 Toxic and Hazardous Materials
- Ch 375 Traffic
- Ch 382 Wellhead Protection District
- Ch 386 Wells
- Ch 390 Wetlands Protection
- Ch DLR Town Regulations Disposition List
- Appendix
- Ch A300 General Law Acceptances
- Ch A301 Special Acts
- Ch A302 Charters
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-10-1989 ATM by Art. 28, approved
7-24-1989]
[Amended 4-10-2000 ATM by Art. 59, approved
8-2-2000]
A.
The Consolidated Department of Municipal Finance shall
include the offices of Accountant, Treasurer, Collector, Assessor
and Finance Director.
B.
The Department shall be headed by a Director of Municipal Finance who shall be appointed by and be responsible to the Town Administrator; serve ex officio either as the Accountant of the Town or serve ex officio as the Collector/Treasurer, but not both Accountant and Collector/Treasurer at the same time; and be appointed for a term of three years, subject to removal by the Town Administrator at any time for cause. The appointment or removal referred to in the preceding sentence shall be subject to Article III, § 4.3(a) and § 4.3(c) of the Charter of the Town of Nantucket.[1]
C.
The Director shall be responsible for the performance
of the functions of Treasurer, Collector, Accountant and Assessor
in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth and, to the extent
that such exist, appropriate regulations of departments thereof.
D.
The status of all employees in departments which shall
be included in the Consolidated Department of Municipal Finance shall
be protected in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph
of MGL c. 43C, § 10.
E.
In addition to responsibilities hereinbefore listed in Subsection C, the Director of Municipal Finance shall also be responsible for the following:
(1)
Coordination of all financial services and activities,
including assistance with budget preparation for all departments under
the authority of the Select Board/Town Administrator;
[Amended 6-25-2020 ATM by Art. 70, approved 10-27-2020]
(2)
Maintenance of all accounting records and other financial
statements;
(3)
Payment of all obligations of the Town;
(4)
Receipt of all funds due the Town;
(5)
Assistance to all other Town departments and offices
in any matter related to financial affairs;
(6)
Monitoring of the expenditure of all funds, including
periodic reporting to appropriate agencies on the status of accounts;
(7)
Such other matters as may be determined necessary
from time to time by the Town Administrator.
F.
Appointments of personnel necessary to staff the Consolidated Department of Municipal Finance (other than as provided in Subsection D above) shall be by the Director subject to the approval of the Town Administrator. The appointment or removal referred to in the preceding sentence shall be subject to Article III, § 4.3(a) and § 4.3(c) of the Charter of the Town of Nantucket.[2]
