LTC 645-2019 Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Award of Financial Reporting Achievement for the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reporting (CAFR) for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 20MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
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645-2019 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager¥
DATE: December 13, 2019
SUBJECT: Government Finance Officers Aj;sociation (GFOA) Award of Financial Reporting
Achievement for the City's Co rehensive Annual Financial Reporting (CAFR)
for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2018
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (L TC) is to inform the Mayor and Commission that the
City has received the Award of Financial Reporting Achievement and presented a Certificate of
Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the preparation of the City's
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
2018.
This Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting was awarded by the
Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). The
Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental
accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment
by a government and its management.
The award of Financial Reporting Achievement was awarded to the Finance Department, City of
Miami Beach, for preparing the award-winning CAFR. This is the thirty first (32%) consecutive
year that the City has received this prestigious award.
Please join me in recognizing the Finance Department Staff for all their work on this report. This
award would not be possible without them.
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GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
N EW S RE LE A SE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12/09/2019 For more information contact:
Michele Mark Levine, Director/TSC
Phone: (312) 977-9700
Fax: (312) 977-4806
E-mail: mlevine@gfoa.org
(Ch icago, Illinois)--Th e C ertificat e of Achievem ent fo r Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded
to City of Miami Beach by Govern m ent Finance Offi cers Association of the United States and Canada
(G FO A ) fo r its com prehensive annual financial report (C A FR). The Certificate of Achievem ent is the
highest fo rm of recognition in the area of govern m ental accounting and financial reporting, and its
attainm ent represents a significant accom plishm ent by a govern m ent and its m anagem ent.
An Award of Financial Reporting Achievem ent has been awarded to the individual(s) or departm e nt
designated by the govern m ent as prim arily responsible fo r preparing the award-w inning CAFR.
T he CA FR has been judged by an im partial panel to m eet the high standards of the program , which includes
dem onstra ting a constru ctive "spirit of fu ll disclosure" to clearly com m unicate its financial story and
m otivate potential users and user gro ups to read the CAFR.
Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) advances excellence in government finance by providing
best practices, professional development, resources and practical research for more than 20,500 members
and the communities they serve.
203 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2700, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601-1210
G ov ern m en t F in ance O ffi cers A ssociation
Certificate of
Achievement
for Excellence
in Financial
R eporting
Presented to
City of Miami Beach
Florida
For its Comprehensive Annual
Financial Report
for the Fiscal Y ear Ended
Sep tem b er 30, 2018
Executive Director/CEO
The Government Finance Officers Association
of the United States and Canada
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presents this
AWARD OF FINANCIAL REPORTING ACHIEVEMENT
to
Finance Department
City of Miami Beach, Florida
The award of Financial Reporting Achievement is presented by the Government Finance Officers
Association to the individual(s) designated as instrumental in their government unit achieving a
Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. A Certificate of Achievement
is presented to those government units whose annual financial reports are judged to adhere to
program standards and represents the highest award in government financial reporting.
Executive Director Ck.tea, PM
Date December 9, 2019