Steve Toler is a director with Baker Tilly’s public sector advisory practice. Steve joined the firm after nearly 20 years in local government public service, working for the California cities of Cupertino, Foster City and Millbrae. He has served in management positions ranging from assistant city manager to information technology manager. Steve possesses skills and knowledge in various areas, including budgeting and revenue forecasting, financial management and reporting, accounting, purchasing, information technology management, water and wastewater rate modeling, regional shared services planning, organizational development and training, labor relations and negotiations, business continuity planning, risk management, economic development and redevelopment, tax ballot measures, and public engagement.
As a consultant, Steve has led more than a dozen fiscal planning efforts for cities and special districts. These projects involved constructing interactive fiscal models with dashboards that display key fiscal indicators such as fund balance, annual deficit or surplus and adjustable key assumptions.
In his role as budget director of Foster City, Steve implemented collaborative approaches with departments to prepare their operating budgets, five-year financial plans, and capital improvement plans. He conducted analyses of personnel, services and supplies, and capital outlay to ensure a realistic allocation of budgeted resources, helping departments achieve the City Council’s goals.
Steve serves clients across the United States, including recent fiscal model and fiscal sustainability engagements for the Washington cities of Newcastle, Kenmore and Sammamish; the Oregon cities of Beaverton and Tigard; and the California cities of Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Belmont, East Palo Alto, El Cerrito, Pleasanton, San Leandro, St. Helena, Tracy, Union City and the Town of Windsor.