Finance Bureau

The Finance Bureau consists of the following: Payroll, Accounts Payable, Grants, Inmate Accounting and Cash Management.

Payroll - consists of four members and is headed by Supervisor Wilma Taylor. Payroll is responsible for paying approximately 1600 members every 2 weeks. This is accomplished through on-line time cards. In Fiscal Year 2004-2005 they generated payments for salary and benefits totaling $82 million. This area deals with all aspects of payroll including payroll taxes, W-2 reporting, all record keeping for numerous payroll benefits, and deductions including health insurance, retirement contributions, deferred compensation, savings bonds, child support, liens, and garnishments. They also track leave credits available to agency members. Members of this group have received certification from the American Payroll Association.

Accounts Payable - consists of four members and is headed by Supervisor Lisa Wojdyla. This area oversees the payment of all invoices to all vendors from whom the Sheriff's Office purchases. In Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Accounts Payable paid operating and capital expenditure invoices totaling $35 million. The Accounts Payable function is designed so that only properly authorized payments are made thereby safeguarding taxpayer monies. They also audit all vendor invoices to ensure that payments are in accordance with goods and services provided.

Grants - Providing significant cost savings to the taxpayers as a source of alternative revenue, the agency seeks funding through available grant allocation resources. This unit is responsible for the writing, budgeting, accounting, and fiscal reporting related to $10,000,000+ in grant awards from state, local, and federal sources. Projects funded by grant monies include the following: Sheriff's Training and Respect Program , COPS deputies, School Resource Officers, Victims of Crimes Advocates, Methamphetamine Enforcement, Sexual Predator tracking, Sheriff's News Network and various others. To ensure compliance with all grant regulations and guidelines, they approve each purchase made with grant funds.

Inmate Accounting - All monies received by an inmate while at our facility are deposited into a separate account maintained for each individual. Inmates can place commissary orders for items ranging from candy to writing materials. Inmate Accounting is responsible for deducting the cost of these orders from each individual inmate's account. They also deduct from the accounts any charges for medical services, hygiene packets, per diem, transportation and issues checks from the account at the inmate's request. Inmate Accounting consists of one full time member who is fully funded from profits from the commissary fund -- no taxpayer dollars pay for this service.

Cash Management - The Accounting Clerk in this area is responsible for the daily deposit of all monies received at the Sheriff's Office. Although the main source of revenue is from the Board of County Commissioners, the Sheriff's Office also receives money daily for such items as inmate monies, grants, restitutions, proceeds from sales of vehicles, fingerprinting, record checks, report copies, public records requests, reproduction photographs, licensing, animal adoptions and other various sources.