Finance
The Finance Department is a service department that assists both external and internal customers. Our external customers are the citizens of Evanston.
The Department serves as the main billing and collection agent of the City. Items such as vehicle sticker applications and collections are conducted in the Department. Additional revenue collection areas the Departments performs, in part or whole, are water bills, parking tickets, business licenses and other miscellaneous billings.
Its Budget Office prepares the annual City Budget. Responsibilities include balancing revenues and expenditires and developing program objectives and producing the proposed and approved budgets.
Internally, the Department provides services to other departments such as payroll, accounting, accounts payable, purchasing and coordinates the City's Minority/Women/Evanston Based Business program.
Documents
FY 2009-2013 Five-Year Financial Outlook (1MB)