Coralville Courier

The City's Finance Director Nicole Davies has been notified that for the 12th consecutive year, the City’s Finance Department has been awarded the national Distinguished Budget Presentation Award by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).

The award, which is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting, recognizes the City’s FY2024 budget, which took effect July 1, 2023.

The GFOA notes that this award represents a significant achievement and a commitment to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. To receive the budget award, the City had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation which assessed the budget’s effectiveness in four categories: as a policy document, financial plan, operations guide, and communications device. As part of the review, budget documents must be rated highly in all four of these categories, as well as the 15 mandatory criteria within those categories. The City’s budget was scored by three different reviewers, and in each area of consideration received one of the two highest rankings: “outstanding” or “proficient.”

The Government Finance Officers Association is a nonprofit professional association serving over 22,000 government finance professionals throughout North America. For the last fiscal period, over 1,700 entities were expected to participate in the Budget Awards Program.

To view a copy of the City’s FY2024 budget, visit icgov.org/budget. For more information, contact Nicole Davies at 319-356-5085 or e-mail [email protected].