Finance

The City's Accounting office performs the following functions:

• Maintain the credibility of financial information provided.
• Improve the timeliness of financial reporting.
• Increase the efficiency of services provided to our customers.
• Improve accessibility to information by our customers.
• Facilitate communications between Accounting and our customers.
• Analyze new technology for opportunities to improve processes.
• Evaluate business practices on an on-going basis.

The City's Budget office performs the following functions:

• Educate Budget office customers and ourselves about current and future budget issues, including legal requirements.
• Construct and maintain a budget process that meets the needs of our customers.
• Participate in implementation of the new financial system to ensure that weaknesses of the old system are corrected and the new system is utilized to maximum advantage.
• Prepare quality materials to present the budget to the media, public, and City Council to enhance the likelihood of those groups supporting the budget.
• Make accurate and supportable revenue estimates.
• Identify and research acceptable alternatives for controlling costs and enhancing revenues.

The City’s Clerk’s office performs the following functions:

• Maintain a safe environment for official records.
• Provide for cost‐effective solutions to customer needs.
• Develop efficiencies with customers and office operations.
• Provide easier interaction and communication between City Clerk and customers.
• Pursue new technology.
• Promote continuing education of staff and customers.
• Provide/promote a worker-friendly environment.

The City’s Treasurer office performs the following functions:

• Improve processes to eliminate redundancy.
• Improve interaction and communication with our customers.
• Offer convenient service for our customers.
• Promote safety and security in the work environment.
• Capture accurate financial information.
• Provide information to educate our customers.
• Ensure information is available in a timely manner.

Information Services supporting our community through innovation & technology. We provide IT to the City and County.

Services

• Applications
• Customer Service
• Data Analytics
• Geospatial Services
• Infrastructure
• Network
• Project Delivery
• Security

The City's Purchasing office performs the following functions:

• Provide, at the time and place needed, in the proper quantity and of the proper quality all materials, supplies, tools, and ser‐ vices required for the City's, County's and Building Commission's operations.
• Secure such materials, supplies, tools and services at the lowest possible cost, consistent with prevailing economic conditions, while establishing and maintaining a reputation of fairness and integrity.
• Furnish management with timely information and to advise them concerning market conditions and trends which could affect the future availability and price of any needed materials, supplies, tools or services.
• Protect and preserve all materials which are being held in storage to meet future requirements.
• Provide all traffic and transportation services necessary for the accomplishment of the above duties.
• Obtain the greatest possible revenue from the disposal of by‐products and of surplus, damaged, or obsolete materials and equipment.
• Encourage the procurement and use of recycled products.
• Promote a safe work environment.
• Pursue emerging technology.
• Facilitate interaction and communications between the Purchasing office and our clients.