Finance

The Finance Department provides financial and operational support to the Town Manager, Council, and all other departments. Services provided include accounting, budgeting, long-range financial planning, cash management, debt issuance and post issuance management, audit coordination, and revenue collection.  The Department also provides management support through analysis and reporting on the Town's general government fiscal transactions and monitors Lisbon's compliance to policies, regulations, procedures, and state and federal statutes.  

The mission of the Finance Department is to properly maintain and report on all expenditures and revenues, and financial position of the town; manage cash flow; ensure that internal controls over all of the Town's finances are adequate; provide advice and counsel to the town manager, department heads, and town council; ensure timely and accurate tax reporting to the IRS and Maine Revenue Services; and to ensure that the Town of Lisbon's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report complies with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for State and Local Governments.