Finance Department
The Finance Department (see the staff list) provides a wide range of services for the District and our customers as follows:
- customer service
- accounting, treasury
- budget/forecasting
- application system development.
A dedicated and responsible staff of eight provides these range of services.
Customer Service
We provide courteous, honest and effective service to our customers, while respecting the point of view of others and maintaining a high level of accountability to those we serve. Finance considers customer service as an ongoing improvement process that should provide a level of service that we, ourselves, expect as customers.
Accounting
Finance maintains the financial records of the District through payroll, accounts payable, billing, project accounting, accounts receivable, contract receivables and the general ledger.
Finance also prepares and provides financial information via various reports like the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (pdf, 509K), payroll, as well as other audit and bond compliance statements. The District has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the last 15 years and strives to continue this great accomplishment.
Treasury
The Finance department is responsible for:
- providing and maintaining the most effective use of the financial resources of the District through the investment of the District’s cash reserves in a safe and prudent manner
- issuing and defeasing debt that will provide the lowest cost to our ratepayers
- safeguarding the assets and cash transactions by enhancing internal controls
- improving business processes like the recording of assessments, liens and the satisfaction thereof
- overseeing other activities that support the District’s other departments
Budget/Forecasting
The Finance department develops the five-year forecast and the assumptions used in the preparation of the forecast. The CRWWD Budget(pdf, 2.3M) is a piece of the five-year forecast and is developed from the underlying assumptions and needs.
Additionally, Finance compiles statistical information from which revenue forecasts are developed, and include department needs in the development of the operating budget.
We coordinate and facilitate capital project information with Engineering, and develop the impacts to the Capital Improvement Project account, as well as the Replacement and Restoration account. In conjunction with the Management staff at the District, the budget is prepared and presented to the Board of Commissioners for their review and approval.
Application System Development
Finance, on an ongoing basis, upgrades to its existing financial systems and related components, as well as implements new system modules that either eliminates redundancy within the District or allows for an integration of workflow. The end result to our ratepayer is a better, more effective and efficient operating environment.
Finance Staff Contact List
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