September 14, 2022
Katherine Stevens
Finance Director
City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376
Dear Ms. Stevens:
We are pleased to inform you, based on the examination of your budget by a panel of independent reviewers, that your budget document has been awarded the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for the current fiscal period. This award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting. Its attainment represents a significant achievement by your organization.
The Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is valid for one year. To continue your participation in the program, it will be necessary to submit your next annual budget document to GFOA within 90 days of the proposed budget's submission to the legislature or within 90 days of the budget's final adoption.
Information about how to submit an application for the Distinguished Budget Program application is posted on GFOA's website.
Each program participant is provided with co nfidential comments and suggestions for possible improvements to the budget document. Your comment s are enclosed. We urge you to carefully consider the suggestions offered by our reviewers as you prepare your next budget.
When a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is gran ted to an entity, a Cert ificate of Recognition for Budget Presentation is also presented to the individu al(s) or department designated as being primarily responsible for its having achieved the award. En closed is a Certificate of Recognition for Budget Preparation for:
Finance Department
Continuing participants will receive a brass medallion that will be mailed separately. First-time recipients will receive an award plaque within eight to ten weeks. Enclosed is a camer a-ready reproduction of the award for inclusion in your next budget. If you re produce the camera-ready image in your next budget, it should be accompanied by a statement indicating continued compliance with program criteria. The following standardized text should be used:
Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) presented a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to City of Rialto, California, for its Annual Budget for the fiscal year beginning July 01, 2022. In order to receive this award, a governmental unit must publish a budget document that meets program criter ia as a policy document, as a financial plan, as an operations guide, and as a communications device.
This award is valid for a period of one y ear only. We believe our current budget continues to conform to program requirements, and we are submitting it to GFOA to determine its eligibility for another award.
ATTACHMENT A
A press release is enclosed.
Upon request, GFOA can provide a video from its Executive Director congratulating your specific entity for winning the Budget Award.
We appreciate your participation in this program, and we sincerely hope that your example will encourage others in their efforts to achieve and maintain excellence in governmental budgeting. The most current list of award recipients can be found on GFOA's website at www.gfoa.org. If we can be of further assistance, please contact the Technical Services Center at (312) 977-9700.
Sincerely,
Michele Mark Levine
Director, Technical Services Center
Enclosure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 14, 2022
For more information, contact:
Technical Services Center
Phone: (312) 977-9700
Fax: (312) 977-4806
E-mail: [email protected]
(Chicago, Illinois)--Government Finance Officers Association is pleased to announce that City of Rialto, California, has received GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its budget.
The award represents a significant achievement by the en tity. 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 bu dget 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 "pro ficient" in all four categories, and in the fourteen mandatory criteria within those categories, to receive the award.
When a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is gran ted to an entity, a Cert ificate of Recognition for Budget Presentation is also presented to the individu al(s) or department designated as being primarily responsible for having achieved the award. This has been presented to Finance Department.
There are over 1,700 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 Associatio n (GFOA) advances excellenc e in government finance by providing best practices, professional development, resources and practical research for more than 22,500 members and the communities they serve.
PRESENTED TO
City of Rialto
California
For the Fiscal Year Beginning
July 01, 2022
Executive Director
GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
Distinguished
Budget Presentation
Award
Finance Department
City of Rialto, California
September 14, 2022
The Government Finance Officers Association
of the United States and Canada
The Certificate of Recognition for Budget Preparation is presented by the Government Finance Officers Association to those individuals who have been instrumental in their government unit achieving a Distinguish ed Budget Presentation Award. The Distinguished Budget Presentation Award, which is the highest award in governmental budgeting, is presented to those government units whose budgets are judged to adhere to program standards
presents this
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR BUDGET PREPARATION
to
Date:
Executive Director