Finance

The Finance Department:

• Provides comprehensive financial management, accounting, and reporting services
• Pays all City employees and City bills
• Serves as a central procurement agency and warehouse for all City departments
• Provides meter reading and utility billing/collection for all city gas, water, and sewer utility customers

Real Estate Assessor’s Office

The Real Estate Assessor’s Office, a division of the Finance Department, is responsible for 

• Assessing all parcels in the City annually
• Maintaining assessment information online
• Providing various services to:
  • Attorneys
  • Homeowners
  • Land surveyors
  • Prospective homebuyers/sellers
  • Realtors
  • Title researchers

Additional Responsibilities

The department provides financial accounting services to the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library and Charlottesville Industrial Development Authority through a contractual arrangement. The department also:

• Provides overall risk management services for the City as well as debt management
• Manages the City’s surplus property program
• Conducts sales of surplus and unclaimed property
• Coordinates and promotes the City’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprises program
• Prepares a number of specialized technical reports including:
• The annual utility rate study
• Official statements and prospectuses for bond issues
• The City’s annual financial report
• The state-mandated comparative cost report transmittal forms
• A variety of grant reports