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OUR MISSION:
The Finance
Department is responsible for developing, implementing, and
maintaining the City’s financial systems in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles; processing and disbursing
funds for payments; process cash collections, managing investments
of cash balances; publishing appropriate financial statements,
reports, and preparing the City’s annual budget, and managing bonded
indebtedness. The department strives to review and improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of the City’s financial practices. The
department acts as liaison to the City's underwriters, investors,
trustees, and other outside parties in the sale of bonds.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
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| The Comptroller Leadership Circle
Member Gold Award recognizes local governments for meeting a
high standard of financial transparency online by sharing
information in a user friendly format that lets taxpayers
drill down for more information. The Gold Award is
received for earning 18 of 20 possible points. Points are
awarded for having current budgets, financial reports and
check registers posted online. The data needs to be
accessible within three mouse clicks of the home page and
searchable. Other criteria include contact information for
local government elected officials, instructions on how to
submit open records request and local government contact
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The Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is presented by
Government Finance Officers Association. In order to
receive the award the City must publish a budget document
that meets program criteria such as a policy document, as an
operations guide, as a financial plan, and as a
communications device. The City of Lufkin has received the
award for the Annual Operating Budget document for each
fiscal year since 1999.
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The Certificate of Achievement for
Excellence in Financial Reporting is awarded by the
Government Finance Officers Association to governments whose
comprehensive financial reports achieve the highest
standards in government accounting and financial reporting.
The City of Lufkin has received the award for the
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for each fiscal year
since 2001.
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Contacts for additional
information:
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Director |
Belinda
Southern |
936-633-0305 |
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Accounts
Payable |
Rebecca
Jones |
936-633-0252 |
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Accounts
Receivable |
Bev
Livingston |
936-633-0224 |
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Payroll |
Natasha
Dunn |
936-633-0313 |
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Cash
Receipts/Records |
Kris Cooper |
936-633-0225 |
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Grants/Fixed Assets |
Teresa
Casanova |
936-633-0417 |
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Budget |
Robbin
Crawford |
936-633-0423 |
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