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Government Finance Officers Association <br />203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2700 <br />Chicago, Illinois 60601.1210 <br />312.977.9700 fax:312.977.4806 <br />April 08, 2025 <br />Ryder Bailey <br />Finance Director <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />Dear Ryder: <br />A panel of independent reviewers have completed their examination of your Biennial budget document <br />for the period beginning January 2025. We are pleased to inform you that your budget document has been <br />awarded the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from Government Finance Officers Association <br />(GFOA). This award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting. Its attainment <br />represents a significant achievement by your organization. <br />Your Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is valid for two years. To continue your participation in <br />the program, it will be necessary to submit your next budget document to GFOA within 90 days of the <br />proposed budget's submission to the legislature or within 90 days of the budget's final adoption. <br />Your electronic award package contains the following: <br />• Scores and Comments. Each entity submitting a budget to the program is provided with reviewers' <br />scores for each of the categories on which the budget document was judged along with reviewers' <br />confidential comments and suggestions for possible improvements to the budget document. We <br />urge you to carefully consider these suggestions as you prepare your next budget. <br />• Budget Award. A camera-ready reproduction of the Award is included for inclusion in your next <br />budget. If you reproduce the camera-ready image in your next budget, it should be accompanied by <br />a statement indicating continued compliance with program criteria. Please refer to the instructions <br />for reproducing your Award in your next budget (also included in your award package). <br />• Certificate of Recognition. When a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is granted to an <br />entity, a Certificate of Recognition for Budget Presentation is also presented to the individual(s) or <br />department designated as being primarily responsible for its having achieved the award. <br />• Sample press release. Attaining this Award is a significant accomplishment. The sample press <br />release may be used to give appropriate publicity to this notable achievement. <br />In addition, award recipients will receive via mail either a plaque (if the government is a first-time <br />recipient or has received the Award fifteen times since it received its last plaque) or a brass medallion to <br />affix to the plaque. <br />We appreciate your participation in this program, and we sincerely hope that your example will encourage <br />others in their efforts to achieve and maintain excellence in governmental budgeting. The most current list <br />of award recipients can be found on GFOA's website at www.gfoa.org. If we can be of further assistance, <br />please contact the Awards Programs staff at (312) 977-9700. <br />Sincerely, <br />Michele Mark Levine <br />Director, Technical Services Center <br />