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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION HONORING HANOVER TOWNSHIP ON RECEIVING BUDGETING AWARD
WHEREAS, Hanover Township was presented with the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the Township's FY 2022 budget; and
WHEREAS, the award was presented to Hanover Township by the Government Finance Officer Association (GFOA); and
WHERAS, GFOA, is a nonprofit professional association serving 20,000 government finance professionals throughout North America; and
WHEREAS, GFOA assesses how well an entity's budget serves as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communications device; and
WHEREAS, GFOA evaluates budget documents and the documents must be rated "proficient" in all four categories and then 14 mandatory criteria within those categories to receive the award; and
WHEREAS, the Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting; and
WHEREAS, Cook County and the Cook County Board of Commissioners have had the honor of working with Hanover Township and they have proved to be a wonderful partner; and
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Cook County Board of Commissioners do hereby honor Hanover Township for receiving the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award and presenting a sound and transparent budget for the residents of Hanover Township; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that suitable copies of this resolution are presented to Hanover Township.
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