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"Quality People Providing Quality Service"
Revenue Division
Finance Department
Columbus Consolidated Government
P.O. Box 1340
Columbus, GA 31902-1340
Telephone: 706-653-4100
Fax: 706-653-4091
Our Mission
Division Profile
To provide overall professional and timely management of billing, collecting, depositing,
and accounting for monies due and collected for the Columbus Consolidated Government, and
instituting fiscally responsible investing, monitoring and managing of funds.
The Revenue Division performs two primary functions. They are Occupational Tax and Collections.
Occupational Tax is responsible for issuing licenses pertaining to business, alcoholic beverage,
and vehicle delivery, as well as collection, audits and enforcement of ordinances relative to
various taxes such as gross receipts, alcohol excise taxes, insurance premium and franchise taxes.
The collections function pertains to the collection and deposit of all monies received by Columbus
Consolidated Government and billing and collection of numerous government services. Treasury
functions include the verification, coding, receipting, and daily depositing of all revenues for the
various funds. Other Revenue Division functions include bank relations and account reconciliation,
distribution of payroll, issuance of solid waste permits, and the investment and cash management of
surplus funds.
Revenue Management:
The Revenue Manager reports directly to the Director of Finance, thus ensuring procurement
techniques and strategies are consistent with stated management plans and directives of city
officials and the director's office. The Occupational Tax and Collections Supervisors report
directly to the Revenue Division Manager.
Susan Gallagher
Revenue Manager
Investment Officer
Denise Baxter
Investment Officer
Financial Analyst
Lance Dye
Financial Analyst
Collections
Collections is responsible for the overall collections of funds in various services areas,
including ambulance fees, installment fines, street assessments, lot clearance, demolitions, damage to
city property, landfill fees, bad check fees, hazardous material fees, indigent defense counsel, and
false alarm fees.
Collections Supervisor
Allen Young
Collections Technicians
Corrine Chesser
Christi Mixon
Fiscal Technicians
Teri Hancock
Beverly Holland
Occupational Tax
Occupational Tax Administration is responsible for the collection, audit and
enforcement of ordinances relative to gross receipt tax alcoholic beverages, excise tax, alcohol
licenses, insurance premium tax, franchise tax, hotel/motel tax and false alarm fees.
Occupational Tax Supervisor
Yvonne Ivey
Customer Service Technicians
Ebony Carr
Markeya Moore
Auditors
Howell Cone
Paul Nipper
Contact Information
General Revenue Inquiries?
Susan Gallagher, Revenue Division Manager
Revenue Division
Finance Department
P.O. Box 1340
Columbus, GA 31902-1340
Telephone 706-653-4100
FAX 706-653-4091
Questions about City Investments?
Denise Baxter, Investment Officer
Revenue Division
Finance Department
P.O. Box 1340
Columbus, GA 31902-1340
Telephone 706-653-4100
Fax 706-653-4091
Questions about Collections or Ambulance Billing?
Allen Young, Collections Supervisor
Revenue Division
Finance Department
P.O. Box 1340
Columbus, GA 31902-1340
Telephone 706-653-4522
FAX 706-653-4091
Questions about Business Licenses?
Yvonne Ivey, Occupational Tax Supervisor
Revenue Division
Finance Department
P.O. Box 1340
Columbus, GA 31902-1340
Telephone 706-653-4092
Fax 706-653-4091