Finance Department

The Finance Department is responsible for stewardship of the City’s resources. The Department provides financial information, policy analyses, and recommendations that help the City Council and all departments make decisions about how to best allocate the City’s resources. Core functions include:

• Accounting for the City’s resources and disclosing the financial condition of the City and results of its operations in the year-end comprehensive annual financial report.
• Monitoring local business and economic trends for effects on the City’s revenue sources.
• Preparing and monitoring the annual operating budget;
• Providing accounts payable services
• Collecting and auditing all locally-controlled revenues, including taxes, charges, and fines.
• Managing the City’s debt, investment and banking affairs.

The Finance Department, located on the first floor of City Hall, is the location where residents and businesses pay for all permits and licenses.