Day Four: Thursday 12th

Today the first thing I did when I got there at 8:00am was record the receipts into the computer. Joanne had done them all and checked them once by hand and it was my job to put them into the computer spread sheet and see if they matched up with the numbers she got. The receipts are from deposits made that week from the accounts the city is in charge of. The next project I worked on was finding out more of the Veterans checks that should have been cashed and cleared because they mostly live from that money, or rely on it heavily. Some of the checks I looked up manually in the books that are kept, instead of the computer because there was no record of the checks in the system because they were from so long ago. (This project was part of the tailings). I then got the names of all the check holders from the manuel checks and then went to go talk to John who works in the Veterans Service office to see if he could help me find if the checks had been voided or not. He help me find some information out and then that job was put on hold because I was waiting for some more information. The next thing I worked on was for the Easthampton fire chief. He needed help with switching he accounts and closing one. There was some money that he could not find which Melissa and I helped him find that had been put into another one of his account by accident, so it was switched into a different one of his accounts. The treasurer helped me learn about taxtitle and I entered some of the information onto the computer to keep a log of it and give a copy to the legislature. What happens with the taxtitle is that it has to be done in a timely fashion. When a property owner is not paying taxes on their land they are warned and asked to pay their taxes. Betty who works in the clerks office try’s to get them to pay there taxes for a few years and then if they still don’d Betty will file a lean. A lean explains that the city is interested in the land and in six months the land will be for closed. If there is a developed that wants to take the land and work on it and pay taxes that is great for the city and they will pick that as their first choice. If no one wants to develop the land it will be auctioned off. The City Hall is not officially open on Friday’s but since I was sick and missed a day I will be going in tomorrow for a shorter day. Also I will be meeting with the lady in charge of the scholarship and graduation money and trust with the treasurer tomorrow to work things out.