The following is a press release from the City of Maple Valley:
At the City Council meeting on September 8, 2014, City Manager, David Johnston, presented Finance Director, Shawn Hunstock, with the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for his department’s commitment to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. The Distinguished Budget Presentation Award, issued by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA), is awarded only to those government agencies who meet 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
The GFOA is a nonprofit professional association serving approximately 17,500 government finance professionals with offices in Chicago, IL and Washington, DC.