The Administration directs and implements all aspects of the City's financial policies. Responsibilities include staff support to the City Council and the Finance Committee, reporting the financial condition of the City to executive management, City Council and the public; coordination of long rang financial planning, development negotiations, debt administration including issuance of new debt; auditing of all checks written by the City; auditing of major revenues such as sales tax and utility user tax; and responsibility for providing management information on revenues and internal auditing of the City's business. In addition, the Administration is responsible for the City's General Liability Program which protects the City's physical assets through resolution of claims and securing insurance, the Worker's Compensation Program which compensates workers and their dependents for injury disability or death in the course of employment, and all other divisions of the department.