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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
November 9, 2017
Media Contact:
Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer
barnett@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
Leesburg Receives Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
for 32nd Consecutive Year
Leesburg, VA (November 9, 2017) – The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) has
awarded the Town of Leesburg its prestigious Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the
Town’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget document. Leesburg has received this award every year since
1986.
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 fourteen of twenty-seven
mandatory criteria within those categories, to receive the award.
“Receiving this award year after year may give the impression that our budget team is just
doing the same thing over and over, but nothing could be further from the truth,” says Kaj
Dentler, Leesburg’s Town Manager. “GFOA’s standards increase each year to reflect changes in
standard budgeting practices. The fact that the Town continues to receive this award speaks to
our staff’s dedication to keeping up with a rapidly evolving industry. The budget document is a
major piece of our commitment to the taxpayers to operate an open and transparent
government.”
As part of this award, the Department of Finance and Administrative Services was presented
with a Certificate of Recognition for Budget Preparation. Members of the budget preparation
team include Clark Case, Director of Finance and Administrative Services; Lisa Haley, Deputy
Director/Treasurer; Jason Cournoyer, Management and Budget Officer; and Cole Fazenbaker,
Management Analyst.
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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