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Written Announcements:
Staff Updates
a) Recent Staff Retirement
Don Berger, Associate Engineer in the Environmental Services Division, retired on
September 3, 2013, after more than 23 years of service.
Pollution Prevention
b) Highway 680 Billboard Displays "Wipes Clog Pipes" Pollution
Prevention Message
The billboard on Highway 680 on Mt. View Sanitary District property in Martinez will carry
the following pollution prevention message for the month of September. Mt View leases
the billboard to Clear Channel Communications for one month each year to display a
pollution prevention message. This year's message, designed by Central San's Graphics
Technician Charles Waltmire, focuses on disposable wipes. There is no cost to Central
San for the billboard.
Written Announcements
September 5, 2013
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District Award
c) District Receives the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in
Financial Reporting
Once again, the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has
been awarded to the District by the Government Finance Officers Association of the
United States and Canada (GFOA) for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR)
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012. The Certificate of Achievement is the highest
form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its
attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its
management.
An Award of Financial Reporting Achievement is awarded to the individual(s),
departments or agency designated by the government as primarily responsible for
preparing the award - winning CAFR. The CAFR was judged by an impartial panel to meet
the high standards of the program including demonstrating a constructive "spirit of full
disclosure" to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and
user groups to read the CAFR. The award will be presented to the Board President next
month. The GFOA News Release announcing the award is attached.
Government Finance Officers Association
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06/11/2013
NEWS RELEASE
For Information contact:
Stephen Gauthier (312) 977 -9700
(Chicago) - -The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been
awarded to Central Contra Costa Sanitary District by the Government Finance Officers
Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its comprehensive annual financial
report (CAFR). The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of
governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant
accomplishment by a government and its management.
An Award of Financial_Reporting- Achievement has - been - awarded to- th"ndividual(s),
department or agency designated by the government as primarily responsible for preparing the
award - winning CAFR. This has been presented to:
Jamie King, Accountant
Thea Vassallo, CPA, CMA, Finance Administrator
The CAFR has been judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program
including demonstrating a constructive "spirit of full disclosure" to clearly communicate its
financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the CAFR.
The GFOA is a nonprofit professional association serving approximately 17,500 government
finance professionals with offices in Chicago, IL, and Washington, D.C.