• Provides financial information and advice to City Council and Staff
• Preparation of the City's annual budget
• Preparation of the City's audited financial statements
• Investment of idle City funds
• Monitors collection of revenue
• Monitors expenditure of funds
• Administers self-insured employee benefit programs

The Finance Department is responsible for utility billing, animal and business licensing, collections, accounts payable, investments, budgetary control, financial reporting, payroll and purchasing. The department also provides support to the Community Development Commission and the Rohnert Park Housing Financing Authority.

In addition to the responsibilities above, the Department performs feasibility studies and investment analyses, prepares long-term financial projections, assists with financial studies, and evaluates the cost of additional employee benefits for negotiations.

The Department prepares the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, which has won the Government Finance Officers Association and California State Municipal Finance Officers Association Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting every year for the past seventeen years.

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Department: Finance
City Phone: (707) 585-6700
City Fax: (707) 585-6705