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

The award represents a significant achievement by the Village. It reflects the commitment of the Village Board and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. In order to receive the budget award, the Village 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 and 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 Larry Noller, who served as Interim Finance Director during the budget process.

For budgets including fiscal period 2010, over 1,250 entities received the award throughout North America. Award recipients have pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide an excellent example for other governments.

The Government Finance Officers Association is a nonprofit professional association serving nearly 17,400 government finance professionals throughout North America. The GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting. Please contact Larry Noller at 630-469-5000 or visit www.glenellyn.org to view the Village budget.


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