What We Offer
Blue Star helps towns, schools, and counties manage their finances with confidence.
Whether it’s daily bookkeeping or big-picture planning, we provide practical, experienced support that makes a difference.
Accounting & Financial Reporting
We help governments maintain clean books and generate decision-useful financial reports. Our out-sourced controller services provide expert guidance to your staff, giving you confidence in your numbers — and your decisions.
- Monthly account reconciliations
- Interim balance sheets & income statements
- Customized budget-to-actuals and other reports
- Year-end close & audit support
Budgeting & Capital Planning
Build smarter budgets and long-range capital plans. We provide tools and insight to simplify the process and help boards, committees, and voters make informed financial decisions.
- Annual budget development & review
- Capital improvement plans (CIPs)
- Live updates during budget meetings
- Presentation-ready worksheets & visuals
Internal Controls & Process Design
Good controls aren’t just for big cities. We help small governments strengthen oversight with risk-based procedures that make operations more secure, efficient, and transparent.
- Internal control assessments
- Risk identification & mitigation
- Fraud prevention & segregation of duties
- Custom procedure design & documentation
Training & Advisory
Whether you’re training staff or seeking a second opinion, we offer one-on-one sessions and tailored advisory support rooted in years of hands-on experience across Maine’s local governments.
- Training on finance, payroll, and accounting
- Board and staff workshops
- Trio, Excel, QuickBooks and other finance-related software
- Custom advice on a wide array of local government issues