City of Cocoa Awarded Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for Fifth Year in a Row

By  //  April 28, 2023

the award presented by the Government Finance Officers Association for meeting high standards in government budgeting

On April 19, the Government Finance Officers Association announced that the City of Cocoa received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its Fiscal Year 2022 Adopted Budget document. This prestigious honor represents a significant achievement and reflects the commitment of the City and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. (City of Cocoa image)

BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA, FLORIDA – On April 19, the Government Finance Officers Association announced that the City of Cocoa received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its Fiscal Year 2023 Adopted Budget document. 

This prestigious honor represents a significant achievement and reflects the commitment of the City and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. This is the fifth year in a row that the city has received this recognition.

In order to receive the budget award, the City had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation that 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 in the fourteen mandatory criteria within those categories, to receive the award.

Cocoa’s budget document received outstanding remarks from the independent reviewers including, “Outstanding, Clear and transparent, Articulate and Clear, as well as Outstanding use of charts.”

“I commend the city staff for always working towards the highest standards and achieving this success. It is an honor to represent a community that is so dedicated to providing quality, transparent and accurate budget documentation to our residents,” said Mayor Michael C. Blake, Mayor of the City of Cocoa.

“I commend the city staff for always working towards the highest standards and achieving this success. It is an honor to represent a community that is so dedicated to providing quality, transparent and accurate budget documentation to our residents,” said Mayor Michael C. Blake, Mayor of the City of Cocoa. (City of Cocoa image)

There are over 1,700 participants in the Budget Awards Program and the most recent award recipients are posted quarterly on GFOA’s website (www.gfoa.org). 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 major professional association servicing the needs of nearly 21,000 appointed and elected local, state, and provincial-level government officials and other finance practitioners.

“This is truly an exciting honor to have received this prestigious recognition once again. Our staff is committed to providing the highest quality documentation that offers open and transparent information for our citizens,” said Cocoa’s Finance Director, Rebecca Bowman.

To view the FY2022 budget document, visit the City of Cocoa’s website at www.CocoaFL.org/174/Finance.

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