Our Annual Financial Budget is the fuel that facilitates our organization’s ability to serve our community and carry out the mission we are prescribed to do; it is the gas the enables our vehicle to arrive at the intended destination. It also fuels the strategic initiatives adopted by the Board of Directors, and the Vision our organization seeks and aspires to. The Annual Financial Budget is a detailed public plan of the expected revenues and intended expenditures of the District for each fiscal year, which begins July 1st and ends June 30th. The development and ultimate adoption of the budget requires considerable effort by the entire management team and the Board of Directors. The budget represents a one year implementation of the Business Plan stated in monetary terms.

The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada established the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Program (Certificate Program) in 1945 to encourage and assist state and local governments to go beyond the minimum requirements of generally accepted accounting principles to prepare annual comprehensive financial reports that evidence the spirit of transparency and full disclosure and then to recognize individual governments that succeed in achieving that goal. The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in governmental accounting and financial reporting.