HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL NR 2022-09-30 Leesburg Receives Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for 37th Consecutive Year
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
September 30, 2022
Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer
pio@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2781
Leesburg Receives Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
for 37th Consecutive Year
Leesburg, VA (December 30, 2022) – The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) has
awarded the Town of Leesburg its prestigious Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the
Town’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget. Leesburg has received this award every year since 1986. It is
the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting.
The GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award recognizes organizations that meet the
highest principles of governmental budgeting. Recipients must satisfy nationally recognized
guidelines for effective budget development and presentation. These guidelines are designed to
assess how well an organization’s budget serves the multiple roles of policy document, financial
plan, operations guide, and communications device. Budget documents must be rated as
“proficient” or “outstanding” in all four categories, and in the 14 mandatory criteria within
those categories, to receive the award.
“The Town’s final budget is really the Town’s operational and capital plan for the coming year
and is the result of many hours of hard work by Town Council members, management, and
staff,” said Director of Finance and Administrative Services Clark Case. “It tells one what we are
going to do and what we will spend to do it and where the money comes from to pay fo r it.”
The Government Finance Officers Association is a non-profit professional association serving
over 18,000 government finance professionals in North America. The GFOA Distinguished
Budget Presentation Award is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting.
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