BY MAIRE O’NEILL
maire@losalamosreporter.com
Los Alamos County has received the Triple Crown Honor, the highest award of the Government Financial Officers Association (GFOA) in recognition of three other prestigious financial awards the County earned this year.
Chief Financial Officer Helen Perraglio discussed the awards Tuesday evening during the Los Alamos County Council virtual meeting.
“We have received the GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for our FY2020 budget, which according to them reflects the commitment of the government body and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. This is the 28
th year that we received this honor and we really want to thank all the staff, department heads, management and Council for participating in the budget development and our amazing finance budget staff, Karen Kendall and Yvette Atencio for preparing our distinguished budget book,” Perraglio said.