File #: 12-811    Name: FY12 GFOA Budget Award
Type: Agenda Item Status: Information Sharing
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 10/2/2012 Final action:
Title: Presentation of Budget Award
Attachments: 1. Agenda Item Summary, 2. Budget Award and Press Release
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Title
Presentation of Budget Award
 
Summary
 
MEETING DATE:      October 2, 2012
 
DEPARTMENT:       Strategic Planning and Budget
 
CONTACT:              Jason Cooley, Strategic Planning and Budget Director
 
 
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
    • Acceptance of the Award
  • ITEM SUMMARY:       
    • The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) presented an award for Distinguished Budget Presentation to the City of McKinney for its annual budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2011 (FY2012).
    • This award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting and represents a significant achievement by the City of McKinney.
    • In order to receive this award, a government unit must publish a budget document that meets program criteria as:
o      a policy document
o      a financial plan
o      an operations guide
o      a communications device  
    • This is the 28th consecutive year the City has received this award.
  • BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
    • Since the inception of the GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program in 1984, approximately 1,289 entities have received the Award.  
    • The GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting.
 
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:       None
 
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:       None
 
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: None