About Our Department

The Finance Department is committed to enhancing and maintaining fiscal stability to safeguard the City's financial assets. Providing services supporting the City's governing bodies to establish strategic goals and policies and ensuring financial accountability to the citizens, businesses, and taxpayers.

General functions include budgeting, investment management, bond issuance, audits, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, utility billing, business licenses, procurement, banking services, grant accounting, capital assets, and the coordination and implementation of related internal controls. The department prepares records and reports to assure compliance with City ordinances and resolutions, State and Federal law and general accepted accounting practices. This is the only department within the City which has its performance assessed by an independent audit every year.

The department, in conjunction with the City Manager and other departments, prepares the 5-year financial plan outlook, and the annual yearly budget. The department also prepares monthly financial statements, pension, tax, and other financial reports; reconciles bank accounts, State Pool and other investment accounts and manages cash and debt. The department prepares the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, which includes detailed audited financial statements and statistical information about the demographics of the City and community as a whole.

The Finance Department is proud to have been awarded the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the last thirty one years.