View Lakewood's Expenses Online at Lakewood Ledger

The City of Lakewood now offers a tool online for residents to use to better understand how taxpayer funds are spent by the City. Lakewood Ledger (http://ledger.lakewood.org) allows viewers to search the City's spending accounts by expense type, by vendor name and by department. It includes payments made through procurement cards that function like credit cards, through vouchers and other payment methods.

The easy-to-use tool works intuitively and displays information in an understandable format. The City also provides a way for users to submit comments and thoughts on the effectiveness of this new tool and to provide suggestions for future enhancements.

This new section of Lakewood's website addresses the City's continuing effort to be transparent in its actions. Open and honest communication is one of the City Council's Core Community Values that guide each decision made by the City. At the direction of Mayor Bob Murphy, this new tool was created in a cost-effective manner while conforming to privacy requirements under federal and state law.

Related Information: Budgets & Financial Reports