Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Award Copyright 2014
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 4.
ITEM TITLE: Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished
Budget Presentation Award
SUMMARY: Correspondence from the Government Finance Officers
Association (GFOA) presenting the City with the
Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for Fiscal Year
2015-2016 and recognizing Budget Director Jennifer
Larson and Senior Budget Analyst Alexis Steger.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award Supporting Documentation
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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
October 25, 2016
Michael C. Van Milligen
City Manager
City of Dubuque
50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Mr. Van Milligen:
I am pleased to notify you that City of Dubuque, Iowa has received the Distinguished Budget
Presentation Award for the current budget from the 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 or department designated
as being primarily responsible for its having achieved the award. This has been presented to:
Jennifer Larson,Budget Director,Alexis Steger, Senior Budget Analyst
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. Through your
example,we hope that other entities will be encouraged to achieve excellence in
budgeting.
Sincerely,
VV
Stephen J. Gauthier,Director
Technical Services Center
Enclosure
Washington,DC Office
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue,N.W., Suite 309 • Washington,DC 20004 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
October 25, 2016
PRESS RELEASE
For Further Information Contact
Stephen J. Gauthier(312) 977-9700
Chicago-The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada(GFOA)
is pleased to announce that City of Dubuque, Iowa has received the 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 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 or department designated as being
primarily responsible for its having achieved the award. This has been presented to Jennifer
Larson, Budget Director, Alexis Steger, Senior Budget Analyst
For budgets beginning in 2015, 1,565 participants received the Award. Award recipients have
pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide an excellent example for other
governments throughout North America,
The Government Finance Officers Association is a major professional association servicing the needs
of nearly 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. The GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only
national awards program in governmental budgeting.
Washington,DC Office
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue,N.W., Suite 309 • Washington,DC 20004 • 202.393.8020 •fax: 202.393.0780
www.gfoa.org
CONTACTS:
Jennifer Larson, Budget Director
563-589-4110
jlarson@cityofdubuque.org
Stephen Gauthier, GFOA
312-977-9700
www.gfoa.org
N E W S R E L E A S E
Nov. 30, 2016 For Immediate Release
Dubuque Receives Eleventh Consecutive
Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
DUBUQUE, Iowa The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and
Canada (GFOA) has announced that the City of Dubuque has r
for the eleventh consecutive year. A Certificate
of Recognition for Budget Presentation has been presented to City of Dubuque Budget Director
Jennifer Larson and City of Dubuque Senior Budget Analyst Alexis Steger.
According to the GFOA, the award represents a significant achievement by the City and reflects
the commitment of the City and City staff to meeting the highest principles of government
budgeting.
In order to receive the budget award, the City had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for
budget serves as:
a policy document,
a financial plan,
an operations guide, and
a communications device
award. The City
The GFOA says award
recipients have pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide an excellent
example for other governments throughout North America.
The GFOA is a nonprofit professional association serving more than 18,000 government finance
professionals throughout North America. The
Awards Program is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting.
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