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History
The Department of Finance dates back to the incorporation of Windsor as a Village in 1854. Originally known as the Treasurer’s Office, the department consisted of the Treasurer and a clerk. The functions of the Treasurer’s Office were augmented by the integration of the positions of Tax Collector, Assessment/Assessor Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Director of Budget and Administration. Currently, the four divisions of the office are Facility Management, Financial Services, Audit and Consulting Services and Technology Services. Duties of the Treasurer include monitoring the financial well being of the Corporation of the City of Windsor, the overall financial management of the city’s resources - such as financial planning and budgeting services and making recommendations to Council on financial policies and procedures for the city. The department is also responsible for the levying and collecting of municipal and school taxes, the collection of grants and other revenues, financial reporting and analysis, payroll and accounts payable, and treasury and debt management. In addition, the department provides centralized information and computing services, purchasing services, internal audit and consulting services and risk management services. The Commissioner is the Treasurer of the following entities: the City of Windsor Housing Company Ltd., the Windsor Non-Profit Housing Corporation, Roseland Golf and Curling Club Ltd., and the Windsor Tunnel Commission. Treasurers for 1854-1858 and 1860-1861 are not identified in the city by-laws. Treasurers for the City of Windsor have been Thomas E. Trew (1859), Patrick Conway (1862-1866), Clement D. Grasite (1866-1872), Charles F. Ireland (1872-1878), David B. Odette (1878-1887), Charles Barillier (1887-1890), Simon Gignac (1890-1892), W.M. Boomer (1892-1893), James C. Guillot (1893-1904), J.R. Thomson (1904-1930), Martha A. Dickinson (1930), P.A. Cleminson (1930-1935), A.E. Cock (1935-1951), Eugene L. Langlois (1951-1970), Edward A. Agnew (1970-1991), C.W. (Chuck) Wills (1991-1994), and G.S. Pinsonneault (1994- ).