= Finance Department =

The Finance Department, formerly Fiscal Services, handles utility billing, accounting, taxes and assessments, and the City's budget. It has four functional divisions.

* '''Accounting''' — accounts payable, payroll, general ledger, financial reporting including the [[AnnualComprehensiveFinancialReport]], cash investments and mail processing
* '''Budget''' — preparing and monitoring the City's total annual operating budget
* '''Tax and assessments''' — taxes, assessments and special districts
* '''Utility billing''' — utility customer service, billing and payments

'''Melissa Kinzler''' is Finance Director; '''Kirsten Wavra''' is Deputy Finance Director. The Director presents the budget resolution and the tax levy at their public hearings and gives the quarterly budget review at work sessions.

= What the department brings to the Commission =

Every regular meeting's consent agenda opens with a total expenditures item for a two-week claims period, stating the total and the portion made up of claims over $25,000 — figures in the range of $2 million to $6.8 million per period across 2025 and 2026. The department also brings the annual check cancellation item, grants and contracts lists, bond resolutions, and the fee resolutions that set rates for utilities, sanitation, golf, building plan review and fire services.

The department administers the property tax assistance programme and the special improvement district payoff process.

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Finance: https://greatfallsmt.gov/294/Finance
Budget: https://greatfallsmt.gov/350/Budget

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