Exercises financial budgetary control over each office, department, and agency except the School Department.
Has custody of all investments and invested funds of the town government or in possession of such government in fiduciary capacity and has safekeeping of all bonds and notes of the town
Maintains a general accounting system for the town government and each of its offices, departments, and agencies
Supervises and is responsible for the disbursements of all monies and has control of all the expenditures to ensure that the budget appropriations are not exceeded