Financial Services and Administrative Services

Major activities of the Financial Services Division include the following:

• Processing and disbursing about 6,000 payments to vendors and other entities following appropriate procedures
• Processing and disbursing about 6,000 payroll checks
• Maintaining and managing various financial record-keeping systems for the City
• Ensuring that all available City cash is deposited and invested daily
• Performing centralized purchasing for certain office products used by City departments, such as letterhead, computer paper, copy paper, printer supplies, office product maintenance contracts, and computer supplies
• Collecting and accounting for special assessment annual billings in accordance with state law and court order
• Billing, collecting, and accounting for about 8,300 single-family and 1,500 multi-family recycling tax billings
• Collecting and accounting for monthly locally imposed food and beverage, hotel/motel, utility, and telecommunications tax remittances
• Performing certain data processing and financial services for other local governments (including The Urbana Free Library, Urbana Park District, and Cunningham Township) on a cost-reimbursement basis

Major activities of the Administrative Services Division include the following: 

• Parking tickets
• Notices to Appear
• Parking permits
• Parking space rentals
• Meter bagging
• Vehicle seizure and impoundments
• General licenses (Business License applications below)