Town of Whitestown

WHITESTOWN DISCUSSES COMPTROLLER DUTIES:

Members of the Town Board are starting to formulate a job description for a new comptroller, whom Whitestown and New Hartford would share, Councilman Brian Brooks said.

Oneida County Comptroller Joseph Timpano made suggestions to the board Wednesday night as to what the job might look like, Councilman Dan Sullivan said. The new comptroller would assist the towns with their annual budgets and bond issues, among other items.

Currently, Whitestown personnel director Nancy Hartman also serves as the town's finance director. The new comptroller would take over most of Hartman's financial duties, Sullivan said, although she would still function as an accounts manager, preparing documents for the comptroller.

It could take a couple of months for the towns to pin down the specifics of the job and iron out their intermunicipal agreement, Brooks said, adding that department heads and other board members are encouraged to submit opinions and ideas about what the job should entail.