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The Finance Department is responsible for the financial
management of the City’s assets.
Staff work closely with other departments, the RCMP, and
the Fraser Valley Regional Library to coordinate financial
activities. Finance also coordinates the annual review of the
City’s Development Cost Charge Bylaw and is responsible for
development of the Financial Plan.
This department’s functions include:
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Investments
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Payroll
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Accounts payable
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Accounts receivable
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Collection of property
taxes, water, sewer and
curbside fees
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Safekeeping of all
financial instruments
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Municipal government
grant research
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Production of the
Annual Municipal report
Corporate Services provides a wide variety of internal services
to Council and other City departments.
Some of these include:
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Access to Information
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Damage Claims
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Geographic Mapping
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Human Resources
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Information Systems
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Labour Relations
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Liquor Licensing
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Occupational Health and
Safety
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Property Management
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Purchasing
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Records Management
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Risk Management
The Corporate Services Department also provides the statutory
function of the City Clerk, which facilitates Council business
by:
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Preparing Minutes and Agendas
The Chief Administrative Officer acts as a liaison for Mayor and
Council, providing direction to all departments.
Administration supplies support for Council, Committees of
Council and department operations. This division of local
government is responsible for ensuring:
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The most cost-effective delivery of services to the
public
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Corporate fiscal responsibility and accountability
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Municipal services are provided in a timely and friendly
manner
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Departments and Municipal Operations are responsive
to community needs
2012 Highlights
Sardis Library - This 10,600 square foot facility has been
built with a number of environmental considerations and
sustainable design principles to reduce annual operating costs
and conserve current and future resources. See chilliwack.
com/sardislibrary for details regarding all the exciting services
being provided.
Administration
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Composing, reviewing and providing advice on Municipal
Bylaws
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Initiating the follow-up action to Council meetings
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Providing adjudication services for bylaw offenses
2012 Highlights
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Developed a new job application system to make it
easier for the public to apply for vacancies and to add
efficiencies to the selection process so that applicants can
be responded to more promptly and positions can be filled
faster.
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Coordinated the acquisition of the first group of properties
in support of the Downtown Implementation Plan.
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Sponsored the Municipal Information Systems Association
of British Columbia 2012 Fall Conference at the Harrison
Hot Springs Resort and Spa which attracted over 350
delegates and 62 exhibitors which are the highest
numbers achieved to-date for a fall conference.
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Servers and software
upgrade: all modules of the software have been upgraded
to the latest version, which ensure stability of the services
offered to the public.
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Completed the Tempest MyCity and eBilling projects to
improve public access to their own billing information.
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Implemented health and safety programs resulting in a 53
percent reduction in days of work lost due to workplace
injury as compared to 2011.
general government
General Government
Corporate Services
Finance
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