HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012 06 25 Informational 101 Distinguished Budget Award
COMMISSION AGENDA
Informational
X
Consent
ITEM101
Public Hearings
Regular
June 25, 2012KSSB
Regular MeetingCity ManagerDepartment
REQUEST:
The Finance Department and the City Manager are pleased to announce that the City
of Winter Springs has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its
FY 2012 Budget document.
SYNOPSIS:
The purpose of this Agenda item is to announce that the City has received the Distinguished
Budget Presentation Award for its Fiscal Year 2012 Budget document.
CONSIDERATIONS:
Regarding the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award program, the Government Finance
Officer's Association (GFOA) has compiled an extensive set of criteria which distinguish a
budget as a policy document, financial plan, operations guide, and communications device.
Documents submitted to the Budget Award Program are reviewed by select members of the
GFOA professional staff and by outside reviewers with experience in public-sector
budgeting. To receive the award, the document must be rated either proficient or
outstanding in all four categories, as well as the fourteen mandatory criteria within those
categories. It is an honor to convey that the City was notified in May 2012 that we were
fifthconsecutive year
awarded the designation for the . The budget document as submitted
to GFOA is available on the City’s website.
http://www.winterspringsfl.org/EN/web/find/codes/DocsFormsPubs/43915/43924/FY2011.h
tm
When the 2013 budget has been completed, the budget document will once again be
Informational 101 PAGE 1 OF 2 - June 25, 2012
submitted for the award with the expectation that it will continue to conform to program
requirements.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The award program application fee for the Distinguished Budget Award is approximately
$350. This cost is routinely budgeted in Finance and Administrative Services (1300
division).
COMMUNICATION EFFORTS:
This Agenda Item has been electronically forwarded to the Mayor and City Commission,
City Manager, City Attorney/Staff, and is available on the City’s Website, LaserFiche, and
the City’s Server. Additionally, portions of this Agenda Item are typed verbatim on the
respective Meeting Agenda which has also been electronically forwarded to the individuals
noted above, and which is also available on the City’s Website, LaserFiche, and the City’s
Server; has been sent to applicable City Staff, Media/Press Representatives who have
requested Agendas/Agenda Item information, Homeowner’s Associations/Representatives
on file with the City, and all individuals who have requested such information. This
information has also been posted outside City Hall, posted inside City Hall with additional
copies available for the General Public, and posted at five (5) different locations around the
City. Furthermore, this information is also available to any individual requestors. City Staff
is always willing to discuss this Agenda Item or any Agenda Item with any interested
individuals.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff requests the City Commission receive and review the information provided in this
Agenda Item.
ATTACHMENTS:
Distinguished Budget Award
Notification Letter
Informational 101 PAGE 2 OF 2 - June 25, 2012