From infrastructure to economic development and city finances, our departments work together to make Palm Desert a safe, vibrant, and welcoming place to live, work, and visit. Explore the list below to learn more about each department and the resources they provide.

The Planning Department has two office locations to serve you, please keep in mind that the Downtown Riverside office is our main office and the Desert location will have limited staff .

DEPARTMENT definition: a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system. See examples of department used in a sentence.

The meaning of DEPARTMENT is a functional or territorial division. How to use department in a sentence.

She is a professor in the chemistry department/the department of chemistry. The sales department is having a Christmas party this week. Angers is the capital of the department of Maine-et-Loire. Please submit your claim for travel expenses to the accounting department.

A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large store. …the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He moved to the sales department. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

de part ment (di pärt′ mənt), n. a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system. Government one of the principal branches of a governmental organization: the sanitation department.