The Imperial Beach Finance Department handles, as you would guess, the city's money. The department maintains all city department payrolls, issues business licenses, is the city Treasurer, compiles the city budget, performs audits, pays city bills, and monitors financial issues and reports findings to the city council. And if you have a fine, fee or ticket that needs to be paid, you can come here.
Public Works is in charge of city maintenance, including streets and sewage and keeping city parks, grounds and facilities in shape.
Call Public Works to report a streetlight in need of care or environmental hazards like chemical spills or gas line breaks.
The clerk for the city of Imperial Beach is charged with managing city records and providing city documents and records to the public.
All public records requests for the city of Imperial Beach come through the clerk's office, who have 10 days to respond by law.
Records requests from any city department require filling out a records request form available at the city clerk's office or on the city's website. The city clerk's office also take minutes at city council meetings and post council agendas or public notices. Record copies cost .35 cents for the first page and .10 cents for every page after that.
The City of Imperial Beach Community Development enforces code compliance, approves building proposals, and issues building and coastal permits. Approximately 75 percent of Imperial Beach is considered coastal zone. Come here for anything related to redevelopment or zoning laws.Greg Wade runs the department along with a small staff.
The city manager is appointed by the City Council to handle the city's day to day business. The city manager also acts as an advisor to the council during all meetings. An assistant city manager helps carry out special projects and other duties of the office.
A desk is the first thing you see when you walk in the civic center's front door and is intended to be a place to referral residents to the specific city department that can address their needs. Helpful flyers, handouts and literature are available here. Public notices released by the city clerk's office are also posted here. Someone isn't always at the desk, so ask one of the city department's for help if no one is there.