City Of Brentwood: Brentwood Wins Distinguished Budget Award For 30th Year

Press release from the City of Brentwood:

03/07/2022

For the 30th consecutive year, the City of Brentwood’s Finance Department has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award presented by the Government Finance Officers Association for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2021, budget.  This award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting.  

The award represents a significant achievement by the City Finance Department and the City Manager’s office, who both put a tremendous amount of work into the preparation of the annual operating budget along with the six-year Capital Improvements Program.  To receive the award, Brentwood published a budget document that met program criteria, including an operations guide, a financial plan, a policy document, and an effective way to share the information with the public.  You may view the complete budget on the city’s website.

Finance Director Karen Harper said, “to achieve this award each year is truly a career highlight.  It is an honor to receive and an honor to serve the Brentwood citizens who trust us to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars.” Harper thanks her entire department, saying “thank you all for what you do each day.  This is certainly a team effort and would not happen without assistance from each of you.” 

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. The GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting.  Award recipients, like Brentwood’s Finance Department, have pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide an excellent example for other governments throughout North America.

This press release was produced by the City of Brentwood. The views expressed here are the author’s own.