20 East Main
Ashland, Oregon 97520
Phone: (541)488-5300
Fax: (541)552-2059
Hours: By Phone & Email: Monday through Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
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The Finance Department is composed of:
Each plays a significant role in supporting the other Finance Divisions as well as providing services internally to other city departments and directly to the public.
Overview
Vision Statement: The Finance Department is one of the significant ties that bind City departments and activities. Key measures of the department's effectiveness are how well the assets accounted for by FD are protected and used throughout the City and the feedback received from recipients of the department's output.
Mission Statement: To provide optimum service to external and internal customers through the effective allocation of Finance Department resources based upon responsibilities, priorities and need.
The Finance Department (FD) is a key support department primarily located in the Central Services and Insurance Services fund budgets and providing services directly to the public and to all other departments and funds within the City of Ashland including Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission (APRC). Like no other department, FD serves and interacts with every fund and department, often down to the employee level, with services like budgeting, financial reporting, payroll and benefit payment processing and accounting for services provided. All departments benefit from FD's many other activities including purchasing of goods and services, accounts payable processing and internal service cost tracking and allocation; enterprise funds also benefit from utility billing and collection activities; governmental type funds are supported through tax collection and general license and fee processing; and APRC benefits from FD performing accounting and financial reporting functions for the Commission.
The department plays the lead role in the annual budget process. Coordinating information from the other departments, public meetings, deliberations, economic and social grant allocations, distribution of information and the final budget document for legal compliance are some of the major activities for this process. At the end of the budget year, FD coordinates the annual municipal audits required by the State of Oregon for the City and Parks Commission. This department prepares the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the City and APRC, the City's component unit. This department is the primary party responsible for the budget and both annual reports, all recognized for many years with national awards for superior work.
Strategic Departmental Goals
Option #1
Pay the ticket within 10 calendar days of the date the violation is issued.
Make check payable to and mail to:
Ashland Parking Enforcement
PO Box 566
Ashland, OR 97520
or
Drop the payment in the yellow drop boxes located at:
Ashland Civic Center (Police Station Parking Lot)
1175 East Main
or
City Hall (the box is located on a pole outside the Plaza side of City Hall)
20 East Main
Option #2
Appeal the citation.
Ashland Parking Enforcement
PO Box 566
Ashland, OR 97520
The Ashland Municipal Judge will review the letter.
If the charge is dismissed, the check is returned to the sender.
The appeal process usually takes two weeks.
Do not go to the Municipal Court in person. The clerks are unable to assist with parking tickets. All appeals must be made in writing.
Diamond Parking Service: 541-552-1422