About Finance
The Finance Department for the City of Corvallis includes administrative operations for the Municipal Court, City Services and Ambulance billing, Accounting, Budget, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Property Risk Management for the financial resources of the City. These services are provided by 17 staff members, with a 2022-2023 budget of roughly 5.17 million.
While this website includes information about the functions of the Finance Department, it also includes current financial documents, Budget Commission meeting dates, information about the City's current financial condition, and the strategy the City Council and Budget Commission are following to ensure that the City's long-term financial outlook is stable.
The Finance Department provides services from three divisions.
Customer Services & Risk Management
The Customer Services/Risk Management Division of the Finance Department is responsible for monthly meter readings and City Services billing services to roughly 17,000 service accounts, ensuring monthly City Services statements are accurate and delivered on time, as well as providing ambulance billing services.
In addition, property risk management, including liability claims against the City, facilities, vehicles, and property, is overseen by the Customer Services/Risk Manager.
For additional information, please contact RiskManagement@corvallisoregon.gov.
Municipal Court
Municipal Court services allow community members who have been cited into Municipal Court for violations of the City's traffic, criminal, or parking laws to have an opportunity to be heard by an impartial Judge. Municipal Court staff provide customer service, schedule court arraignments and trials, and tracks bail and fine payments. Municipal Court staff provide information to customers regarding court processes and procedures by telephone and on a walk-in basis. Municipal Court operates in the General and Parking Funds. Click here for additional information, hours and contact information.
Financial Services
The Financial Services Division in the Finance Department ensures fiscal stability through sound long-term financial planning and prepares the Annual Comprehensive Financial Statement (ACFR). In addition to the annual Budget and ACFR, the Finance department develops and monitors annual budgets, produces Quarterly Operating Reports on the status of the City's finances and monthly Treasury reports on the status of the City's investments.
Staff in this division invests the City's monetary assets within the guidelines of the City's investment policy and Oregon Revised Statutes; provides for safe and efficient cash management of City funds; processes timely payments to vendors for providing goods and services to the City; assists and guides departments in grant management compliance and accounting; and pursues collection of delinquent accounts.
The division provides policies and procedures for the organization on all financial matters, evaluates the fiscal impact of ballot initiatives and proposed legislation that may impact City operations, maintains Budget Commission records, including agendas and minutes, updates the City Council's Financial Policies annually and provides public information on issues related to City finances.
For additional information, please contact James Inglis, Finance Director, 541-766-6990 ext 5022, or Tina Stephens, Financial Services Manager, AIC, 541-766-6990 ext 5110.
