Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Award for FY 2017City of Dubuque
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GFOA Distinguished Budget Award
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November 6, 2017
Consent Items # 4.
Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished
Budget Award
Correspondence from the Government Finance Officers
Association (GFOA) presenting the City with the
Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for Fiscal Year
2016-2017 and recognizing Budget Director Jennifer
Larson as being the individual primarily responsible for
having achieved the award.
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Staff Memo
Government Finance Officers Association
203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2700
Chicago, Illinois 60601-1210
312.977.9700 fax: 312.977.4806
October 17, 2017
Michael C. Milligen
City Manager
City of Dubuque
50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Mr. Milligen:
We are pleased to notify you that City of Dubuque, Iowa, has received the Distinguished Budget
Presentation Award for the current budget from Government Finance Officers Association
(GFOA). This award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting and
represents a significant achievement by your organization.
When a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is granted to an entity, a Certificate of
Recognition for Budget Presentation is also presented to the individual(s) or department
designated as being primarily responsible for its having achieved the award. This has been
presented to:
Jennifer M. Larson, Budget Director
We hope you will arrange for a formal public presentation of the award, and that appropriate
publicity will be given to this notable achievement. A press release is enclosed for your use.
We appreciate your participation in GFOA's Budget Awards Program, and we sincerely hope
that your example will encourage others to achieve and maintain excellence in governmental
budgeting.
Sincerely,
Todd Buikema
Acting Director, Technical Services Center
Enclosure
Washington, DC Office
Federal Liaison Center, 660 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 410 • Washington, DC 20001 • 202.393.8020 fax: 202.393.0780
www.gfoa.org
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Government Finance Officers Association
203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2700
Chicago, Illinois 60601-1210
312.977.9700 fax: 312.977.4806
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 17, 2017
For more information, contact:
Technical Services Center
Phone: (312) 977-9700
Fax: (312) 977-4806
E-mail: budgetawards@gfoa.g
(Chicago, Illinois) --Government Finance Officers Association is pleased to announce that City of
Dubuque, Iowa, has received GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its budget.
The award represents a significant achievement by the entity. It reflects the commitment of the
governing body and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. In order to
receive the budget award, the entity had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective
budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well an entity's budget serves as:
• a policy document
• a financial plan
• an operations guide
• a communications device
Budget documents must be rated "proficient" in all four categories, and in the fourteen mandatory
criteria within those categories, to receive the award.
When a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is granted to an entity, a Certificate of Recognition
for Budget Presentation is also presented to the individual(s) or department designated as being
primarily responsible for having achieved the award. This has been presented to Jennifer M.
Larson, Budget Director.
There are over 1,600 participants in the Budget Awards Program. The most recent Budget Award
recipients, along with their corresponding budget documents, are posted quarterly on GFOA's
website. Award recipients have pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide an
excellent example for other governments throughout North America.
Government Finance Officers Association is a major professional association servicing the needs
of more than 19,000 appointed and elected local, state, and provincial -level government officials and
other finance practitioners. It provides top quality publications, training programs, services, and
products designed to enhance the skills and performance of those responsible for government finance
policy and management. The association is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with offices in
Washington D.C.
Washington, DC Office
Federal Liaison Center, 660 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 410 • Washington, DC 20001 • 202.393.8020 fax: 202.393.0780
www.gfoa.org