City of Lake Forest Park receives the State Auditor's Office Stewardship Award

From left: Aurora Belli, Accounting Supervisor, Sadi Armijo, Deputy Director of Local Audit (SAO), Jeff Johnson, Mayor, Chris Bothwell, Finance Director

Presentation of State Auditor's Office Stewardship Award to Mayor Johnson and City Staff

The City of Lake Forest Park has been named a winner of the State Auditor’s Office Stewardship Award in conjunction with its 2015 audit. The Stewardship Award is presented to organizations for outstanding accomplishment in the stewardship of public resources in the pursuit of the shared goal of government that works better, costs less, and earns greater public trust.

In addition to being recognized for a strong commitment to being accountable to its citizens and good stewards of public funds, the City was also recognized for the detail and quality of the information provided in connection with the City’s audit and annual reporting.

“It is an outstanding accomplishment for the City to be recognized by an outside agency for the hard work of staff and strong financial leadership,” noted Mayor Jeff Johnson.