The Finance Department is headed by the City Treasurer/Finance Director, and is responsible for providing accurate, relevant and timely reports to management, City Council, and citizens regarding the financial status of the City and impact of financial decisions.
The Department also maintains the City’s accounting system and is responsible for making policy recommendations to the City Manager and Council to preserve the long-term financial health of the City.
For Sales Tax related questions, please call 303-384-8024 or email salestax@cityofgolden.net. All other questions should be directed to financegroup@cityofgolden.net.
Interactive Financial Reports
The City of Golden is committed to transparency and providing accessible financial information. The City has partnered with OpenGov to offer an interactive online platform to provide easy access to the City’s financial data. These Interactive Financial Reports provide sortable data and easy to understand graphs and charts, with data updated monthly. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact Finance Director, Jeff Hansen, at 303-384-8020 or jhansen@cityofgolden.net.
Finance Department Responsibilities
- Accounting
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Auditing (Internal and Sales/Use Tax)
- Budget
- Cash Management
- Cashiering
- Debt Management
- Debt Policy
- Financial Statements (CAFR)
- Fixed Assets
- Investments
- Lodging Tax Collection
- Payroll
- Purchasing and Payment Policy
- Sales and Use Tax Collection
- Utility Billing
The City’s financial documents are available for download in PDF format below. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact Finance Director, Jeff Hansen, at 303-384-8020 or jhansen@cityofgolden.net.
Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)
How to read the CIP
To review the CIP, the best place to start is with the Summary Sheets for each Fund. This will provide an overview of past revenues, expenses, and fund balances (where applicable), along with projections for the current year. Next you can see the Proposed Budget for next year, along with projections/recommendations for the following nine years. Please note that the last Summary Sheet includes a list of projects that were “Submitted but Not Recommended”. These are projects that are on the City’s radar but are not currently prioritized or viable for various reasons.
If you would like additional information about any line in the 10 Year Capital Improvement Plan, including unfunded projects, please go to the Project Detail Sheet documents. The reference number to the left of the account names in the 10 Year Capital Improvement Plan corresponds to the numbered project detail sheets within each fund. You will find the corresponding number in the top right section of the project sheet, which provides additional information on each project within an individual fund. For example, to read additional detail on line number 11 on the Sales and Use Tax Fund’s Expenditures Summary, you would click on the “SUT Fund Project Detail Sheet” document, and find the project sheet that has “SUT #11” in the top right corner.
Current Budget
Prior Budgets
- 2020 City of Golden Budget
- 2019-2020 Biennial Budget and CIP
- 2018 Budget Amendment – Ordinance 2075
- 2018 Budget Amendment – Ordinance 2093
- 2018 City of Golden Budget
- 2018 CIP
- 2017 Budget Amendment – Ordinance 2057
- 2017 Budget Amendment – Ordinance 2066
- 2017-2018 Biennial Budget and CIP
- 2016 City of Golden Budget
- 2015-2016 Biennial Budget and CIP
Annual Financial Reports
Quarterly Financial Reports
Expense/Expenditure Transactions
The following lists of transactions are extracted from the City’s financial system. Please note that, while rare, certain transactions contain confidential information that has been redacted. If you have questions, or for more information, please contact Finance Director Jeff Hansen at 303-384-8020 or jhansen@cityofgolden.net.
Sales Tax Reports
2021 Reports 
- October 2021 Sales Tax (Collected November)
- September 2021 Sales Tax (Collected August)
- August 2021 Sales Tax (Collected September)
- July 2021 Sales Tax (Collected August)
- June 2021 Sales Tax (Collected July)
- May 2021 Sales Tax (Collected June)
- April 2021 Sales Tax (Collected May)
- Mar 2021 Sales Tax (Collected April)
- Feb 2021 Sales Tax (Collected March)
- Jan 2021 Sales Tax (Collected Feb)
2020 Reports
- December 2020 Sales Tax (Collected January 2021)
- November 2020 Sales Tax (Collected December)
- October 2020 Sales Tax (Collected November)
- September 2020 Sales Tax (Collected October)
- August 2020 Sales Tax (Collected September)
- July 2020 Sales Tax (Collected August)
- June 2020 Sales Tax (Collected July)
- May 2020 Sales Tax (Collected June)
- April 2020 Sales Tax (Collected May)
- March 2020 Sales Tax (Collected April)
- Feb 2020 Sales Tax (Collected March)
- Jan 2020 Sales Tax (Collected Feb)
