WASHINGTON FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION

APPLICATION FORM

Four (4) copies of this application form must be completed and returned to Sheri Amundson, Finance Staff Accountant, City of Arlington, 238 N Olympic Arlington WA 98223, along with four (4) copies of your official budget document. The completed application must be postmarked within ninety (90) days of legal adoption of the budget.Please note question 5. Please include a $50 handling fee for applications submitted to WFOA, after your entity has received their initial WFOA or GFOA Distinguished Budget Award.

Please type or print legibly.

  1. Name of entity
  1. Population Date budget was legally adopted
  1. For the Fiscal year beginning Are you a WFOA member?

If yes, member’s name:

  1. Has your government previously participated in the WFOA or GFOA Awards Program? _____
  1. Does your government currently hold the WFOA or GFOA Award for Distinguished Budget Presentation? ______If yes, please include $50 handling fee to cover review and processing expenses.
  1. Is your budget presented to the governing body by a chief administrator or elected official?

Yes No

  1. If the answer in six (6) above is no, who presented the budget? Title

8.Were public hearings conducted prior to adoption of the budget?

If so, indicate the types and dates of hearings (i.e. Preliminary hearing on the budget as recommended by the CAO on Mo-Da-Yr).

9.Was this document or a closely related preliminary version made available to the public prior to adoption of the budget?

If no, describe the budget information provided to the public before/during budget consideration.

  1. Is your budget process mandated by charter, Ordinance, or RCW?

If by charter or Ordinance, please attach a copy of the most important legal requirements (five pages maximum) or summarize them on a separate page.

  1. What office or department prepared the budget document?
  1. Describe the “budget staff” (identify key officials and support staff by name and tile(s)):

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13.Does this budget document provide a financial plan and/or disclosure for all operating funds?

If not, which funds are excluded?

14.Do you produce a separate capital improvements budget document? YesNo

15.Unless covered in the budget document, describe the process required to amend your budget in an attachment to the application (one page only, please). Page location in the budget:

16.What are your unit’s total planned expenditures?

17.Official who requests review and to whom results of the review should be sent? (Please provide a street address if mailing address is a Post Office Box).

Name:City:

Title:State: Washington

Entity:Zip:

Address:Telephone:

18.To whom would you prefer that WFOA mail the formal announcement of award (Mayor, City Manager, etc.)? (Detailed technical comments and suggestions for improvements are sent to the official requesting the review in #17 above.)

Name:

Title:

Address:

19.Again, be sure to enclose four (4) copies of each of the following: the application, the reviewers guide, the official budget document and the capital improvement budget document (if a separate document is prepared).

I hereby submit our organization’s operating budget for consideration inn the WFOA distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program, and I agree to comply with the rules and procedures of the program.

DateSignature of Official requesting reviewPrinted Name

NOTE: DID YOU SEND FOUR (4) COPIES OF YOUR APPLICATION & REVIEWER’S GUIDE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS AS WELLAS YOUR OFFICIAL BUDGET DOCUMENT?

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