Summit County Executive Russell M. Pry's Department of Finance and Budget Wins National Award

The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada is pleased to announce that Summit County, Ohio has received the GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its budget.

The award represents a significant achievement by the County of Summit. 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 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 the Summit County Department of Finance and Budget.

For budgets including fiscal periods 2007, 1,220 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 17,500 government finance professionals throughout North America. The GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting.