Finance Department Overview
The Finance Department provides sound fiscal management and stewardship of the District’s financial assets, ensuring stability and solvency for the achievement of District goals, while demonstrating accountability, transparency and trustworthiness in the management of the District’s financial resources.
Finance services include:
- Budget preparation
- Accounts payable
- Internal audits
- Revenue analysis
- Special revenues
- Internal service funds
- Financial statement preparation
- Financial reporting
- Cash management
- Payroll
- Accounts receivable
- Budget monitoring
- District wide training
- Performance management leadership
- Debt administration
- General ledger
- Treasury management
- Finance software management
- Project accounting
- Financial projections
- Internal control development and monitoring
2025 Proposed Budget
FY2025 Proposed Operating Budget
FY2025 Proposed Project Budget & 5 YR CIP
2024 Adopted Budget
2024 Adopted Operating Budget Book (PDF)
California State Controller’s Office Report
Park User Fees
Park user fees and leases fund 11 percent of EBRPD's budget. Fees are reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors annually. Typical fees charged include, but are not limited to, parking, swimming, camping, fishing, boat launching, reservable picnic areas, rental facilities, permits, and recreational programs.
Bond Rating: AAA
Standard & Poor’s ratings service assigned AAA long-term rating to the Park District, series 2022 general obligation bonds, election 2008. The ratings are based on the District’s continued strong financial performance and expanded tax base, which has strengthened District's revenue.
Moody’s rating service assigned the Aaa rating on the District’s 2022 general obligation bonds. The rating reflects the District’s exceptionally large tax base, above average wealth levels, prudent fiscal management, and exceedingly low direct debt burden.
Awards
The Awards for each year are posted on the Awards page.
2005-2021 GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award Winner.
The Government Finance Officers Associates (GFOA) has continued to confer the District’s annual budget with the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. In order to receive this award, a government unit must publish a budget document that meets program criteria as a policy document, as an operations guide, as a financial plan, and as a communications device.
2000-2020 GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting.
The Government Finance Officers Associates (GFOA) established the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to encourage and assist state and local governments to go beyond the minimum requirements of generally accepted accounting principles to prepare comprehensive annual financial reports that evidence the spirit of transparency and full disclosure and then to recognize individual governments that succeed in achieving that goal.
Finance Policies
- Balanced Budget Policy (3 pp.)
- General Fund Reserve Policy (4 pp.)
- Debt Policy (6 pp.)