2021-2022 Award Program Winners

The CSMFO Recognition Committee oversees the Award Program for Excellence in Budgeting to recognize agencies with excellent budget procedures and documents and the Award Program for Innovation to recognize agencies with innovative budgeting and finance programs. Over 100 CSMFO members volunteered their time in 2021 to serve as budget and innovation award reviewers.

With the rigorous reviews complete, the CSMFO Recognition Committee is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 CSMFO Award Program recipients!

Innovation Award (2)

City of Cupertino: Engage Residents with Interactive Dashboards

Innovation Awards were presented at the 2022 CSMFO Annual Conference in Sacramento. Articles covering the Innovation Award winners will be included with the 2022 CSMFO Conference magazine!

Meritorious Operating Budget Award (6)

City of Concord
City of El Monte
City of Lakeport
City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District
Valley Sanitary District

Capital Budget Excellence Award (19)

City of Brentwood
City of Burbank
City of Fairfield
City of Fontana
City of Lake Elsinore
City of Livermore
City of Moreno Valley
City of Palo Alto
City of Riverside
City of Sacramento
City of San Diego
City of San José
City of Simi Valley
City of Temecula
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wasco
Monterey One Water
Otay Water District
Town of Los Gatos

Operating Budget Excellence Award (96)

Beach Cities Health District
Camrosa Water District
City of American Canyon
City of Atascadero
City of Belmont
City of Burbank
City of Campbell
City of Capitola
City of Carlsbad
City of Carpinteria
City of Chino
City of Corona
City of Costa Mesa
City of Cotati
City of Culver City
City of Cupertino
City of Diamond Bar
City of Downey
City of El Cajon
City of Escondido
City of Fairfield
City of Folsom
City of Fontana
City of Glendora
City of Half Moon Bay
City of Hercules
City of Highland
City of Indio
City of Irvine
City of Irwindale
City of Kerman
City of Laguna Woods
City of Lake Elsinore
City of Los Altos
City of Los Banos
City of Manhattan Beach
City of Martinez
City of Menifee
City of Milpitas
City of Mission Viejo
City of Moreno Valley
City of Morro Bay
City of Mountain View
City of Oakley
City of Oceanside
City of Pacific Grove
City of Palmdale
City of Palo Alto
City of Pinole
City of Pismo Beach
City of Redondo Beach
City of Reedley
City of Rio Vista
City of Riverside
City of Rosemead
City of Roseville
City of Sacramento
City of San Clemente
City of San Diego
City of San Dimas
City of San José
City of San Marino
City of San Ramon
City of Santa Clara
City of Seal Beach
City of Simi Valley
City of Tehachapi
City of Temecula
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Tracy
City of Ventura
City of Wasco
City of Whittier
City of Winters
City of Yuba City
Dublin San Ramon Services District
East Bay Municipal Utility District
East Valley Water District
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District
Fallbrook Public Utility District
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Monterey One Water
Mountain House Community Services District
Orange County Fire Authority
Orange County Transportation Authority
Otay Water District Operating
Phelan Pinon Hills Community Services District
San Diego County Water Authority
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
Town of Colma
Town of Los Gatos
Town of Truckee
Valley Center Municipal Water District
West Basin Municipal Water District
West Valley Water District

Special recognition goes to the following first-time award winners:

City of Belmont
City of Concord
City of San Ramon
City of Tehachapi
City of Wasco (Operating)
City of Wasco (Capital)
Valley Sanitary District
West Valley Water District

A huge thank you to the 106 volunteers that completed all the reviews! We will be recognizing the hardworking volunteers separately this spring.

If you are the recipient of an Award for the 2021 season, a notification was sent via Awards Force on February 10, 2021 that award certificates are available to download. In case you did not see or receive that notification, to download your certificate navigate to the awards platform where you submitted the entry, click on your entry, and then click on “Supporting Documents.” A copy of your certificate will be available there.

While you are downloading your certificate, please also make a copy of your reviewer feedback which you can access by clicking “View Feedback” after logging in. If you have any questions, please contact James Russell-Field (jfield@fssd.com).