816 N Main Street
Cottonwood, AZ 86326
928-634-0060
The Finance Department is responsible for the financial management and planning for the city. This includes establishing and maintaining effective controls over the city's financial activities and providing accurate financial information to all city departments in a timely manner. Finance coordinates the annual budget and monitors compliance after the budget is adopted by the city council. The Finance Department is also responsible for payroll, accounts payable, collection of revenues, utility billing, procurement, sales tax compliance programs, risk management programs, employee benefits, debt management and city investments.
Additionally, the Finance Department is responsible for the record maintenance of the City cemetery. Both the Cemetery Guide and History and the Cemetery Map are available.
The Finance Department is a 9-time recipient of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Award and 16-time recipient of the GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting.
Standard & Poor's Rating Services upgrades the City of Cottonwood, Arizona bond rating to an “A”
2010 Local Fiscal Forecast presentation
View the Financial Operations Guide (FOG)
View our Identity Theft Prevention Program
You may also review the following reports:
City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports
Summary of Estimated Revenues and Expenditures
Annual Expenditure Limitation Reports
Highway User Revenue Fund Reports
Transaction Privilege Tax Changes and News
3.0% Sales Tax Rate Table - Effective Nov. 1st, 2008
You can view the versions of our Fiscal Year 2010 Budget here:
2010 Tentative Budget
2010 Proposed Budget
2010 Final Budget
Proposed Budget Council Overview Presentation - 5-21-09
Robert Combs Presentation on Procurement - 5-12-09
2-17-09 Fiscal Year 2008-9 Budgetary Update PowerPoint Presentation
To see how our budget is prepared view this document.
| Finance Director | Rudy Rodriguez | rrodriguez | 928-634-0060 #202 |
| Accountant | Kirsten Lennon | klennon | 928-634-0060 #205 |
| Budget Analyst | Carol Brown | cbrown | 928-634-0060 #241 |
| Bookkeeper | Helen Bartels | hbartels | 928-634-0060 #203 |
| I.T. Technician | Brent Kinney | bkinney | 928-634-0060 #242 |
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