Finance Department

39 N. Hickory Avenue
Bel Air, MD 21014
410-638-4555

The Finance Department’s responsibility to the Town of Bel Air and its citizens is to ensure that adequate controls exist in order to protect the Town’s funds and maintain adequate and accurate records of all financial transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Department must maintain strict cash controls, diligent monitoring and reconciliation of monies to maintain adequate cash flow.

The Finance Department is responsible for billing and collection of real and personal property taxes, billing and collection of sewer utility and user benefit fees, collection of all other Town revenue, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll processing, maintenance of bank accounts, management and investment of Town funds, debt management, accounting of all financial transactions, maintenance of general ledger accounts, maintain Town’s capital assets database, assists in the preparation of the annual budget, financial reporting, and coordination of the annual audit.

The Department is located at 39 Hickory Avenue and is open to the public Monday through Friday during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Checks should be made payable to Town of Bel Air, and a $25.00 charge is assessed for all returned checks. The Town’s homepage includes information on credit card payments.