Finance & Purchasing

Chief Financial Officer Margaret S. Cherone	Purchasing Officer Raymond Carnevale

The Finance and the Purchasing Divisions work together as one Department. The functions performed within this department consists of assisting the City Manager in the preparation of the Municipal Budget, maintaining of accounts payable, preparation of bank reconciliation’s, payment of bills, issuing and payment of debt, monitoring monthly budget controls, performing internal audits and all other related accounting responsibilities. The payroll for all Municipal employees, including the Hackensack Library staff is also prepared within this office. All purchases made by City of Hackensack must go through Purchasing with prior approval from this department. Approximately 7000 Purchase Orders are issued per year. This department also prepares specifications for purchases that exceed the bid threshold of $17,500.00 which is required by State statute. All State Contracts and Bergen County Cooperative Pricing contracts are maintained within this department.