Finance Department

The Finance Department is responsible for handling all City financial matters including, among others, payroll, investments, accounts payable, bank deposits, and account reconciliation.  They work closely with all departments to accomplish this function.  Finance in conjunction with the Building Department is responsible for Business, Merchant, and Liquor licensing.  The  Department also is responsible for helping the Office of the City Manager prepare the annual municipal budget, which covers a fiscal year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. 

Sara Fox

Finance Director

Finance Department

1330 S. Big Bend Blvd

P: (314) 655-3550

F: (314) 655-3510

[Department Contacts]

Annual Auditing

The Finance Department guides the City through an annual audit.  For the past 19 years, the City of Richmond Heights has received the “Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting” award from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada.  The requirement for this award is to publish an easily readable and efficiently organized comprehensive annual financial report with contents that conform to public standards.