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Mission Statement
The Department of Financial Services provides reliable, relevant and
responsible services in a customer-focused atmosphere. The
Department's goal is to offer superior quality services to other
City Departments and excellent customer service to the general
public.
The Department is composed of two (2) divisions: General
Accounting and Treasury Services, and
the Director's office.
General Accounting Division
- Accounts Payable
- Payroll
- General Ledger
- Financial Reporting
- Procurement Card Auditing
- Grants Billing and Monitoring
- Capital Assets Inventory Accounting
The General Accounting Division ensures timely and accurate payments to vendors and employees
in compliance with City policies. This division also provides timely and accurate financial
information to the City Commission, City Administration, City residents and external agencies.
The Audited Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Single Audit Report, and interim financial
statements are among the reports prepared by the General Ledger Section of the Division.
The Payroll Section calculates and produces all bi-weekly pay checks to City employees.
The Division also oversees benefit calculations and coordinates production of the monthly
retirement benefit payments to general employee retirees. The General Accounting Division
monitors the City's procurement card program to ensure compliance with the appropriate
policies/regulations.
Treasury Services Division
- Local Business Tax
- Customer Payment Center
- Utility Billing/Customer Service
- Alarm System Registration
- Municipal Lien Searches
- Investments/Bank Relations
- Revenue Auditing/Collections
- Municipal Debt Management
The Treasury Services Division issues local business tax receipts
to businesses; oversees
billing and customer service for City-provided water, sewer and garbage services; accepts and processes customer
payments for building permitting, water service and all other City services; accepts and processes residential
and commercial alarm system registrations with the City; and conducts municipal lien searches for the public
and title companies on request. The Division is also responsible for the overall management of the City's cash and
investments, including banking relations; accounts receivable management including the collection of past
due amounts owed to the City; revenue auditing to ensure the City is billing and receiving all the amounts due
it; and administration of the City's debt issuances (bonds and capital leases), including payment of debt
service and debt records management.
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