The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-10
Annual Report
 Of Controller Leary
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tors have completed their in- speetion of the munielpality's books The report Is us follows:
 "Complying with the provision of Section 50, of the Charter Of tho City of Waterbury, I am pre-. senting herewith . report covering the major activities of the Comp. | trollcr's office for the year endiny December 18th, i9S2. This re. port docs not cover matters TO. ported previously under other soe- tions of the City charter relating to tho duties of the Comptroller.
 Aadits
 "Compiete auditg of tho various departments of tho city have been made. These departmental audits consisted of verifying and balane- ing the accounts and in addition, studying tho methods used ana procedure followed In tho handling of tho accounts in tho dopartpehts
 Many suggestions were made 10 the heads of departments which l believe will provo beneficial In co" ord.natlng the bookkeeping of tho city, My purpose In offering those auggeationg Ia to provide Q unl- form, method of handling accounts by all departments. .
 "A detailed audit was made or the Tax Collectors books cover, Ing the 1928 grand list Especial two. mill tax), the 1929 grand list and the 1880 grand list. This ton of approximately Sb,o0o audit consisted of tho 0xamiha- and tho vorlfieation of all open oe. counts on tho tax collectors books covering the above years. During tho course of the audit, 13,00 let' tors were mailed to property own ers whose accounts were carried as unpaid AS Q result of these lot. ters, approximately 1000 property owners visited the eomptrollors office requesting information rela. two t6 tho taxes which they had been notified were unpaid and thiS resulted in stimulating tax eollee. tlonB and In tho city receiving pay. ment from many persons who wore of the opinion their taxes and as. sessments had been paid to the city. In addition ever 5000 replies to these letters were received and checked. This is tho first time an audit Of this kind has been ef- foeted under the direction of the comptroller. The cost Of conduct. ing this audit was considerably lower than would have been tho case had it been made by outside certified public accounts as has been tho custom in tho past.
 Purchasing
 "Purehasing for all departme ents oe tho city is now handled through the controllers ofiiee on purehase | orders, issued and signed by tho controller. Under tho method wo have inaugurated all bills for pur- ehaHes are submitted to the eon- | troller's office where hey arc ehsekod and verified and no pay. ments are made until c receiving slip is submitted by the various departments showing tho materials have been received by them In tho ! quantity billed for, that they arc received in good condition and that the quality Of the goods meets their requirements. Checks in pay.
 mont for purchases made by tho city are not forwarded to the payee until tho tax collectors ae. counts have been checked and it
 has been aseeftainod that the payee iB not indebted to the City Of Wat erbury for taxes, water ronts and assessments. Tn tho event 1t is found the payee is c debtor of tho City of Waterbury, tho check ia turned oyer 10 tho tax collector
 whore 1t is held until the account in question ig settled. During tho year the duties of purchasing by
 this office have been Increased con.
 siderabiy by our taking on tho ad. dltionai work of purchasing sup- plies for the Mutual Aid them. | pioyment Fund. Your attention is
 called to tho fact tho total Of ail purchases made through this offiee
 for all departments and agencies