Last year, the CAFR was submitted to the Government Financial Officers Association (GFOA) for evaluation and received the national Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (Certificate).  This was the 15th year the CAFR has received this award.  In order to achieve the Certificate, the financial statements must be audited prior to evaluation.  In addition, the data in the ESE 348 and ESE 145 must be expanded to include an introductory section, the auditor’s opinion letter, and a statistical section.  In addition, the financial section must be added to and configured differently.  The CAFR must contain audited statements of component units.

The final bound version, including Board approval and the opinion letter from the auditor, will be sent to GFOA for review before the end of month deadline.