The Finance Department is responsible for the financial reporting and record keeping of the City, providing centralized public financial services in accordance with established financial policies.

Mission
The mission of the Finance Department is to recommend and implement sound fiscal policies, ensure the effective and efficient use of fiscal resources, establish controls to adequately safeguard assets, and to provide the public with reports which demonstrate fiscal accountability in accordance with the highest administrative standards.

The Finance Department develops and implements financial and accounting policies and procedures. The department also provides a sound accounting system for protecting the City's assets by recording and reporting financial transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, Government Accounting Standards Board pronouncements and other legally mandated standards.