Financial Services

Major Activities of the Financial Services Division:

• Process and disburse approximately 6,000 payments to vendors and other entities following appropriate procedures
• Process and disburse approximately 6,000 payroll checks
• Maintain and manage various financial record-keeping systems for the City
• On a daily basis, ensure that all available City cash is deposited and invested
• Perform centralized purchasing for certain office products that are utilized by all City departments such as letterhead, computer paper, copy paper, printer supplies, office product maintenance contracts and computer supplies
• Collect and account for special assessment annual billings in accordance with State law and Court order
• Bill, collect and account for approximately 8,300 single-family and 1,500 multi-family recycling tax billings
• Collect and account for monthly locally imposed food and beverage tax, hotel/motel tax, utility tax and telecommunications tax remittances
• Perform certain data processing and financial services for other local governments (Library, Park District and Cunningham Township) on a cost-reimbursement basis