176.5. Every municipal officer must make a report in writing to the municipality or to any authorized person, in such manner as the council may determine, upon all matters connected with his duties, and render an account of the moneys collected by him and of those which he has paid or disbursed for the municipality and under its control, indicating the objects for which such moneys were so collected, paid or disbursed.
However, the report concerning the police department may contain no information which, in the opinion of the police chief, might disclose the content of a record concerning a police inquiry.
Every request of the council and every report or account contemplated in this article must be forwarded through the agency of the secretary-treasurer.
1984, c. 38, s. 52; 1996, c. 2, s. 455.