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
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