Finance Department

2 S. Orlando Avenue (City Hall - First Floor)
P.O. Box 322430, Cocoa Beach, FL 32932-2430
finance@cityofcocoabeach.com

UTILITY BILL CHANGES NOW IN EFFECT

Effective in July 2011, the City of Cocoa began billing and collecting for all utility services provided to Cocoa Beach residences and businesses. Click here for details.

Sewer and reuse rate adjustments went into effect with the July 2011 billing. Rates increased by 6.7% pursuant to resolutions adopted in 2009. Click here to view Resolution 2009-13 and 2009-16. The rate adjustments will assist in funding Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) mandates required to operate the city sewer plant.

Phone Numbers: Area Code (321)
Parking Citations 868-3221	Civil Citations 868-3221	Billing (Sewer/Reuse/Stormwater) 868-3253
Billing (Garbage) 868-3253	Water (City of Cocoa) 433-8800	Payable/Receivable Contact City Department Ordering
Fax 868-3232

The Primary Mission of the Finance Department is to monitor and record all financial transactions of the City in the most efficient and effective manner. Additional missions include:

Provide timely and accurate financial reports.
Maintain proper controls over the collection and recording of revenues.
Maintain secure custody of cash and investments
Provide budgetary control and long-range financial planning.
Maintain inventory records on City Property.
Handle billings and collections of accounts receivable.

Responsibilities:

Develops and coordinates the annual budget process.
Prepares and issues the Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR).
Collects and processes City revenues.
Maintains the fixed asset records system. For information on auctions of surplus equipment and supplies please go to private auctioneers.
Processes and disburses payroll.
Oversees the Request For Proposals process for bids.
Monitors, approves, and processes City purchases.
Processes and disburses vendor payments. To obtain vendor applications.
Issues parking permits and processes fines for parking meter violations.
Bills and collects miscellaneous receipts.
Collects Franchise revenue & monitors Franchise agreements.
Processes sewer credits when appropriate; this policy is set by City Resolution No. 94-22.
Pay parking citations online.
Pay civil citations online.
Pay utilities - visit the City of Cocoa website www.cocoafl.org .

Reason for the Budget Process

To achieve the best results in planning and delivery of community services, key financial decisions related to those services must be made explicitly and under a single umbrella. The budget process of the City is the forum to:

accumulate financial and performance information of all services into a common format

analyze and evaluate the cost-benefit trade-off of each service,

set priorities about which services the City can and cannot afford, and

make decisions about the level and cost of services that will be provided in the fiscal year as well as over the next several years.

The budget process is the main instrument for monitoring and controlling local spending and may be used effectively to monitor the quality of work performed by City personnel. A budget consists of a comprehensive listing of anticipated revenues and proposed expenditures for each function of the City for a future 12-month period, or fiscal year.

Want to know how the City performed financially? Check out the Budgets and Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.

Visitors since July 1, 2003