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Distinguished
Budget Presentation
Award
PRESENTED TO
Weld County
Colorado
For the Fiscal Year Beginning
January 1, 2010
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May 7, 2010
Mr. Douglas Rademacher
Chair, Board of Commissioners
Weld County
915 10th Street
Greeley, CO 80631
Dear Mr. Rademacher:
I am pleased to notify you that Weld County, Colorado has received the Distinguished Budget
Presentation Award for the current budget from the Government Finance Officers Association
(GFOA). This award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting and
represents a significant achievement by your organization.
When a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is granted to an entity, a Certificate of
Recognition for Budget Presentation is also presented to the individual or department designated
as being primarily responsible for its having achieved the award. This has been presented to:
Donald D. Warden,Director of Finance& Administration
We hope you will arrange for a formal public presentation of the award, and that
appropriate publicity will be given to this notable achievement. A press release is
enclosed for your use.
We appreciate your participation in GFOA's Budget Awards Program. Through your
example, we hope that other entities will be encouraged to achieve excellence in
budgeting.
Sincerely,
Stephen J. Gauthier, Director
Technical Services Center
Enclosure
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May 7, 2010
PRESS RELEASE
For Further Information Contact
Stephen J. Gauthier(312) 977-9700
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Chicago--The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada(GFOA)
is pleased to announce that Weld County, Colorado has received the GFOA's Distinguished
Budget Presentation Award for its budget.
The award represents a significant achievement by the entity. 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
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.
When a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is granted to an entity, a Certificate of Recognition
for Budget Presentation is also presented to the individual or department designated as being
primarily responsible for its having achieved the award. This has been presented to Donald D.
Warden,Director of Finance & Administration.
For budgets including fiscal period 2009, 1,214 entities received the Award. Award recipients have
pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide an excellent example for other
governments throughout North America.
The Government Finance Officers Association is a nonprofit professional association serving over
17,600 government finance professionals throughout North America. The GFOA's Distinguished
Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only national awards program in governmental
budgeting.
Washington, DC Office
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 309 • Washington, DC 20004 • 202.393.8020 •fax: 202.393.0780
www.gfoa.org
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