2008 Finance Department Goals

Finance Services

1. Improve customer service by providing options for business tax reporting and payment and utility account status and payment on the City’s website.  (Council Goal 1)
2. Implement a new “real-time” cash receipting system that will integrate fully with key financial applications.  (Council Goal 1)
3. Analyze current procedures for printing and mailing utility bills and notices and recommend improvements.  (Council Goal 1)
4. Continue review of departments’ cash handling procedures and develop written procedures for each site and a cash handling manual with training for all current and new cash handlers in the City.  (Council Goal 1)  

Accounting Services

1. Review City’s accounting treatment of pensions and Other Post Employment Benefit in light of new Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) accounting pronouncements and actuarial standards.  (Council Goal 1)
2. Integrate current Finance efforts to create citywide capital project reporting summary with Budget Capital Project Tracking.  (Council Goal 1)
3. Work with the new City Disaster Preparedness Manager to fully integrate the Accounting Departments’ support of City emergency response efforts.  (Council Goal 11)
4. Complete financial analysis of annexation requests.  (Council Goals 1 and 5)

Capital Financing

1. Coordinate Library Bond issue if approved by voters.  (Council Goal 6)
2. Complete waterfront development financing plan for infrastructure identified in Development Agreement with Port of Bellingham.  (Council Goal 4)
3. Develop Fire Fleet financing plan.  (Council Goal 1)

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