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ABOUT THE AWARD
The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) is a nonprofit professional association serving over 17,800
government finance professionals throughout North America. The GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
Program is the only national awards program in government budgeting. GFOA established the Distinguished Budget
Presentation Awards Program (Budget Awards Program) in 1984 to encourage and assist state and local governments to
prepare budget documents of the very highest quality that reflect both the guidelines established by the National
Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting and the GFOA’s best practices on budgeting and then to recognize
individual governments that succeed in achieving that goal.
The award represents a significant achievement by the City of North Richland Hills. 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 North Richland Hills had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These
guidelines are designed to assess how well the budget document serves as:
a policy document operations guide
a financial plan communications device
Budget documents must be rated “proficient” in all four
categories, and the fourteen mandatory criteria within those
categories, to receive the award. Award recipients have
pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and
provide an excellent example for other government
throughout North America.
The City of North Richland Hills first received this award in
1991 and has received the award 28 consecutive years.
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United
States and Canada (GFOA) presented a Distinguished Budget
Presentation Award to the City of North Richland Hills, Texas
for its annual budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1,
2018. In Order to receive this award, a governmental unit
must publish a budget document that meets program criteria
as a policy document, as an operations guide, as a financial
plan, and as a communications device.
The award is valid for a period of one year only. We believe
our current budget continues to conform to program
requirements, and we are submitting it to GFOA to
determine its eligibility for another award.
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