County hits milestone in financial reporting award

Oakland County has won the Award of Excellence for its Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for the 20th year in a row. The PAFR summarizes for taxpayers how the county spends their money. It is one of the ways County Executive L. Brooks Patterson’s administration works to make county government more transparent and accessible to residents.

“Winning the PAFR award every year for two decades running is a testament to our fiscal services team,” Patterson said. “Excellence is a part of Oakland County’s culture.”

The GFOA gives the PAFR award based on reader appeal, understandability, creativity, and overall quality and usefulness of the report, among others. The GFOA established it to encourage local governments to produce a high quality PAFR based on their comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) for individuals without a background in public finance.

The PAFR award follows Oakland County’s Award of Excellence for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) which it won earlier this month for the 26th year in a row from the GFOA.

Fiscal Services Officer Lynn Sonkiss praised the team that put the PAFR together, particularly Gaia Piir, chief of fiscal services; Dave Nelson, fiscal services supervisor; Carol Morin, chief of fiscal services; and Pam Tremble, graphic artist.

“I am very proud to work with such dedicated staff who continue to make this GFOA award possible,” Sonkiss said.

To view the Fiscal 2016 PAFR, go to oakgov.com/mgtbud/fiscal, click on “Information & Publications” then “Oakland County 2016 Financial Summary.”

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