Boston Finance Commission

The Boston Finance Commission (FinComm) is an agency that monitors finances for the city of Boston. It is concerned with appropriations, loans, expenditures, accounts, andmethods of administration affecting the city of Boston and Suffolk County (of which Boston is the major part). It conducts investigations, and makes reports to the mayor, city council, and state governor, in addition to its annual January report to the state legislature.Facts|date=November 2007

Public reports

The watchdog agency's reports are available to the public at::Boston Finance Commission:152 North Street:Boston, Massachusetts 02109 USA:tel [phone]:email jeff.conley at cityofboston.gov

Public meetings

Public meetings of the FinComm are open to observers interested in municipal government.

Authorizing statutes

Finance Commission
Massachusetts Acts of 1908 c562
Massachusetts Acts of 1909 c486 s17
Massachusetts Acts of 1964 c740 s3
pages 22-23 athttp://cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/pdfs/2007_City_Charter.pdf

References

*April 2008 http://www.cityofboston.gov/cable/video_library.asp?id=1050

*cite book|last = Koren|first = John| title = Boston, 1822 to 1922, The Story of Its Government and Principal Activities During One Hundred Years | publisher = City of Boston Printing Department | year = 1922 | location = Boston | pages = pp. 182–183 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=vCRck2seCfAC&dq=boston+1822+to+1922

*Citation | title = Non-Mayoral Departments | pages = 425–430 | url = http://cityofboston.gov/budget/pdfs/volume3_2008/13_NonMay_dep.pdf

*cite book | last = Connolly | first = James J | authorlink = James J. Connolly | title = The Triumph of Ethnic Progressivism: Urban Political Culture in Boston, 1900-1925 | publisher = Harvard University Press | date= 1998-09-15 | pages = pp. 80 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=d579an4Ah0oC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=%22boston+finance+commission%22&source=web&ots=sBeTFEFOSQ&sig=dNPge_6xKvXs2EgMq_G6--VHf5Q
isbn =067490950X

*cite book | last = Weber | first = Gustavus Adolphus | title = Organized Efforts for the Improvement of Methods of Administration in the United States | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=4eC7xbENlfQC&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=boston+%22finance+commission%22+acts+1909&source=web&ots=fIfoyw1Mnu&sig=deeAuqTt9cIziBRTU7sQKsPD0tM#PPR7,M1
accessdate = 2007-10-17 | year = 1919 | publisher = D. Appleton and Company | pages = pp. 101–200

*cite book | last = Shepard | first = Harvey N. | title = The Boston Finance Commission | url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1520-8605(1908)5%3C122%3ATBFC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B | accessdate = 2007-10-17 | year = 1908 | doi = 10.2307/3038519 | pages = pp. 122–130

*cite book | title = The Municipal Register for 1918 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=Nho1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=%22finance+commission%22+%22acts+of+1908%22&source=web&ots=R1uM0uMfUH&sig=92tVEO0L49ab0E9-cRUjl3-IFxk
year = 1918 | publisher = City of Boston Printing Department | location = Boston | pages = pp. 107–108

*cite book | editor = The Finance Commission of the City of Boston | title = Reports and Communications | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=LHwAAAAAYAAJ | accessdate = 2007-10-17 | edition = 6 | year = 1911 | publisher = City of Boston Printing Department | location = Boston