{"id":988,"date":"2023-07-11T20:18:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bweb3.com\/clute\/?page_id=988"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:19:28","slug":"finance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/new\/city-departments\/finance\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Finance Director<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Cori Westfield<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/coriw@clutetexas.gov\">coriw@clutetexas.gov<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The mission of the Finance Department is to provide timely, relevant, and accurate financial information to the government managers, City Council, and the public.\u00a0 The Finance Department strives to insure complete and accurate accounting of all transactions and to report all financial information in accordance with state and local laws.\u00a0 The department works to develop and implement systems to clearly chart the financial health of the city in a manner that is valuable as a management tool and readily understood by our citizens.\u00a0 Financial management is currently charged to the City Manager and the Finance Director.<\/p>\n<p>Accounts for the City of Clute are organized on the basis of funds, each of which are considered to be a separate accounting.\u00a0\u00a0Governmental units establish and maintain funds as required by law and sound financial administration.\u00a0\u00a0The operations of each fund are summarized below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.clute.tx.us\/pages\/uploads\/file\/Fund%20Structure.pdf\">Fund Structure\/Descriptions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.clute.tx.us\/pages\/uploads\/file\/Expense%20Classifications.pdf\">Expense Classifications<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Budget-2018-2019.pdf\">Budget 2018-2019<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Budget-2019-2020-4.pdf\">Budget 2019-2020<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Budget-2020-2021.pdf\">Budget 2020-2021<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Budget-2021-2022.pdf\">Budget 2021-2022<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Budget-2022-2023.pdf\">Budget 2022-2023<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Budget-2023-2024.pdf\">Budget 2023-2024<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Budget-2024-2025.pdf\">Budget 2024-2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Preliminary Proposed Operating Budgets:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FY-2021-2022-DRAFT-PROPOSED-BUDGET.pdf\">FY 2021-2022 DRAFT PROPOSED BUDGET<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preliminary-Proposed-Operating-Budget-for-FY-2022-2023-1.pdf\">Preliminary Proposed Operating Budget for FY 2022-2023<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FY-22-23-Preliminary-Budget-Updated-Filed-08.05.22.pdf\">FY 22-23 Preliminary Budget Updated Filed 08.05.22<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Preliminary-Proposed-Operation-Budget-for-FY-2023-2024.pdf\">Preliminary Proposed Operation Budget for FY 2023-2024<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FY-24-25-Preliminary-Draft-of-the-Operating-Budget-Filed-06.28.24.pdf\">FY 24-25 Preliminary Draft of the Operating Budget Filed 06.28.24<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FY-25-26-Preliminary-Draft-of-the-Operating-Budget-Filed-06.30.25.pdf\">FY 25-26 Preliminary Draft of the Operating Budget Filed 06.30.25<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FY-25-26-Preliminary-Proposed-Operation-Budget-Filed-08-21-2025.pdf\">FY 25-26 Preliminary Proposed Operation Budget Filed 08-21-2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Annual-Report-2017-2018.pdf\">Annual Report 2017-2018<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Annual-Report-2018-2019.pdf\">Annual Report 2018-2019<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Annual-Report-2019-2020.pdf\">Annual Report 2019-2020<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Annual-Report-2020-2021.pdf\">Annual Report 2020-2021<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clutetexas.gov\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Annual-Report-2021-2022.pdf\">Annual Report 2021-2022<\/a><br \/>\n<a 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