Controller's Office

Welcome and thank you for visiting The City of Bethlehem Controller’s office Web page!

As the Controller I have set high goals and expectations for our office. With my background in the financial community encompassing financial and operational auditing, I have assembled the highest quality staff to complement my experience. My goal for our department is first to find revenue enhancing opportunities and secondly to search for ways to reduce cost while following our philosophy of fee for service.

As a separately elected official my mission, as a fiduciary of the taxpayers, is to assure that funds are properly managed and that the proper controls are in place. In the last four years we have been hard at work saving taxpayers over $600,000 through cost reduction and /or revenue enhancement. For 2011 alone we have found over $334,000, all while establishing necessary procedures to process various services that include roster duty, miscellaneous receivables and festival events just to name a few. This is a continual effort and we are working closely with all departments to make sure that your tax dollars are hard at work.

In the future we will expand our services to create a comprehensive evaluation of city controls in the hope to reduce cost and boost revenue. Please take a moment to look at some of our current, ongoing and completed projects that may be affecting you. If you have any questions or concerns, I encourage you to contact our office, either directly or through our anonymous tip line 610-865-7266, and we will address them.

Sincerely
Meg Holland CPA/ABV, CIA, CVA, CFE City Controller