The Finance Department accounts for expenditures, assets and liabilities; prepares and administers the annual budget; manages the City's investments; pays bills, claims and debts; issues licenses; handles the sale of cemetery plots in the City's Park Grove Cemetery; monitors the annual capital plan; works with auditors in preparing and presenting the annual audit; and administers the City's utilities collection program.

The department is located on the south end of City Hall and also includes Utility Billing. The billing office is located at 220 S. 1st St. on the north end of City Hall.

City Budget

Broken Arrow's Municipal Government and its services are built around a budget which is created by the City Manager and Finance Department, working with individual departments and divisions. The proposed budget is submitted to the City Council during a special meeting in May each year for consideration and input. A public hearing of the proposed budget is held during the first regular meeting in June followed by the adoption of the budget during the second regular meeting in June. The annual budget is effective July 1 through June 30 each year.

The Fiscal Year 2025 budget was adopted by City Council on Monday, June 17, 2024 and can be viewed below. Mobile users should view the budget here, for a better reading experience.

Video of the special meeting on May 14 has been archived and may be viewed in the video player below.

The public hearing for the FY25 budget took place on June 3, 2024. The public hearing can be viewed below.

 

Past Budgets