Comptroller Announces Inaugural Financial Excellence Award Winners
Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower is honoring six local governments as the inaugural recipients of the Comptroller’s Financial Excellence Award for Fiscal Year 2025.
The new award is the Comptroller’s Office’s highest recognition for financial excellence among Tennessee local governments. It celebrates cities, counties, metropolitan governments, and utilities that demonstrate a strong commitment to sound financial management, accountability, transparency, and fiscal responsibility.
The inaugural recipients are:
- City of Goodlettsville
- Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
- First Utility District of Knox County
- Hendersonville Utility District
- Milcrofton Utility District
- West Knox Utility District
“These local governments are doing more than simply meeting requirements,” said Comptroller Jason Mumpower. “They have demonstrated a strong commitment to maintaining financial practices that will serve their citizens and customers well into the future.”
The Financial Excellence Award measures achievement in five areas: budgeting, debt management, financial management, financial oversight and accountability, and financial reporting and transparency.
Comptroller Mumpower will present the awards during today’s Tennessee Government Finance Officers Association conference in Murfreesboro. Utility district recipients will also be recognized during the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts conference on October 29 in Gatlinburg.
“Strong local governments are essential to a strong Tennessee, and sound financial management is at the heart of that success,” said Mumpower. “I congratulate these inaugural recipients for setting an example that other local governments across our state can follow.”
Learn more about the Financial Excellence Award, including its requirements and application information, at tncot.cc/financialexcellence
Media contact: John Dunn, Director of Communications, 615.401.7755 or john.dunn@cot.tn.gov
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