4343 Cooper Road
Blue Ash, Ohio 45242

Finance Phone: (513) 745-8514; Finance Fax: (513) 745-6230

Office Hours: 8AM to 5PM weekdays

The Finance office is responsible for all areas of financial administration, including revenue recording, investments, expenditure tracking, financial records administration, budgeting, debt financing, and financial reporting. Within the budgeting area, in mid-July the annual "Tax Budget" is prepared, presented to Council, and made available for public inspection in accordance with State requirements. In the fall, the proposed Budget for the following year is offered to Council for their approval, an interim budget is passed, and a final appropriation ordinance is considered in early January for the revenues and expenditures for that year.

Each year, after the books are closed in December, the Finance office begins the preparation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) – click to see the latest. This annual report, prepared in a business-like accounting format, is available at no cost to interested citizens upon request, or in PDF format by clicking above. Blue Ash received its 20th annual Certificate of Achievement in Financial Reporting for Blue Ash’s latest CAFR (covering fiscal year 2006). The Certificate of Achievement is the most prestigious financial reporting award available to governments.

Blue Ash's finance office is located within the Municipal & Safety Center. <Get Directions> The Center is located on Cooper Road between Reed Hartman Highway and Kenwood Road, but closer to Reed Hartman. It is adjacent to (west of) the City’s Recreation Center. General office hours are 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays. All City offices are closed on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday (offices close at noon), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas. If any of these holidays fall on a Saturday, City offices are closed the Friday before; if any fall on Sunday, City offices are closed the following Monday.