Finance

**NEW** Five New Electronic Services

Business Licenses

For business license renewals that expire on June 30th, we will be mailing your renewal on July 6,. Don’t worry, we are extending the due date to September 1. The renewal notice will have instructions for renewing online.
For a new business license, complete the application and email it to [email protected] to start the process.
For changing your business license information, please email [email protected]

Before an application can be submitted to [email protected], you MUST contact and submit your completed application to Planning: [email protected] for zoning or Home Occupancy Permit (HOP) (for business conducted out of your residential home) approval/signoff.

Parking Permits

For Parking Permits (Downtown), you can order parking permits electronically for Lot 5, 8, and 12 and for the Salinas St. Garage through email. Please complete the fillable PDF form, click the button to “Submit and Email” and we will mail you your permits.
For Residential Preferential parking, if you are a new resident and are having trouble registering, it is most likely because the old resident has not canceled, so we need to make the change for you. Please email your address and proof you live at the new address to [email protected]

Effective April 2, 2018, the Finance Department Revenue Division will be moved to the Permit Center (65 West Alisal) and the front counter at City Hall will be closed.

All Finance transactions, including business license applications and renewals, parking permits, garage sale permits, and impounded vehicle release fees will be processed at the new location.

The Finance Department provides coordination and direction of all fiscal operations of the City. This includes but is not limited to:

Directing, monitoring and controlling all assets and financial operations of the City.
Providing a framework for financial planning and analysis to support the operation and management of all City Departments.
Financial administration of the Successor Agency to the Former Salinas Redevelopment Agency, Assessment Districts, Enterprise Operations, Internal Services and Trust Funds, and the City’s General Fund.

Departmental responsibilities include long-range financial planning, budget management, accounts receivable and payable, payroll, retirement administration, general accounting and reporting, debt administration, purchasing, revenue and licensing, information technology and assessment district administration.

Who to Call

Administration	(831) 758-7317
Accounting	(831) 758-7317
Accounts Payable	(831) 758-7376
Accounts Receivable	(831) 758-7114
Bond Administration	(831) 758-7180
Business License	(831) 758-7211
Garage Sale Permit	(831) 758-7211
Purchasing	(831) 758-7371

City to Save $2M from Bond Refinancing

August 18, 2020

The City will save over $2 million from recent bond refinancing. On August 12, 2020, the City locked in a price on refinancing $30.6 million in existing bonds. The main highlights are as follows:

The City Will Save More Than $2 million – The municipal markets hit an all-time low last week and the City was positioned perfectly to take advantage of these conditions. As a result, the City will save more than $2 million and more than $170K in the current fiscal year alone. The total savings is approximately $575K more

Find Out More

Top 5 Accomplishments for 2019

January 14, 2020

#1 Budget, Strategic Financial Planning, and Implementation - Strategically and collaboratively worked with departments and City Manager to balance the FY 19-20 year budget and implement the Salinas Plan.

#2 Debt Management - Closed on the $33 million Measure X bond issue financing and coordinated deployment of proceeds on road projects with Public Works and prepared MOE and annual report and coordinated equipment lease financing for approximately $900,000 in urban forestry equipment and $2.5 million in Police and Fire Motorola radios.

#3 Economic Development - Finalized FIA for...

Find Out More

Salinas Publishes Budget Using Innovative Open Data Visualization Tool

June 25, 2019

The FY 2019-20 Adopted Operating Budget is now available on the City of Salinas’ Open Data portal . The budget data is available in raw form and can also be viewed using the many visualization graphs. In total, there is 11 years of expenditure and revenue data, including 9 years of actual figures and 2 years of budget amounts. The default for the pie charts include expenditure by department and revenue by revenue type, which can be manipulated using the various filters. Users can drill down on the detail to access data...

Find Out More