2018 Popular Annual Financial Report For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 | Page 15

PAFR A ward T HE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) presented an Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting to the Town of Garner for its Popular Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017. The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting is a prestigious national award recognizing conformance with the highest standards for preparation of state and local government popular reports. In order to receive the award, a government unit must publish a Popular Annual Financial Report, whose contents conform to program standards of creativity, presentation, understandability and reader appeal. An Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting is valid for a period of one year only. The Town of Garner has received this award for the last four years (fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, through June 30, 2017). The Town believes this current report continues to conform to the Popular Annual Financial Reporting requirements, and it is submitting it to GFOA to determine its eligibility for another award. 2018 POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 14