Albany City Hall

The City of Walnut Creek in California operates through several departments, including police, human resources, finance, information technology, community development, and arts, recreation and community services. Its finance department provides fiscal control of the city's financial activities related to revenues, expenditures, fixed assets and other financing programs. The City of Walnut Creek governs a public services department that includes parks and open space, engineering and maintenance services, and traffic engineering and transportation divisions. Its police department is responsible for maintaining law and order in the city, as well as handles traffic and parking enforcement, citations and crime investigations. In addition, the City of Walnut Creek s community development department issues building permits and offers building-related inspection services.