Budget Certificate - Recognition to Local Officials
State law requires every county, municipality, and utility district in Tennessee to adopt an annual budget. To be effective, a budget should be adopted prior to the beginning of the fiscal year. The budget should also be based on reliable estimates, structurally balanced, provide for cash liquidity, allow for adequate reserves, monitored throughout the year, and amended as necessary. See our Seven Keys to a Fiscally Well-Managed Government.
Local officials that adopt budgets meeting the following specific criteria are awarded an annual certificate from the Comptroller of the Treasury:
- The budget was adopted on or before the fiscal year end;
- The budget was filed with our office within 15 days of adoption;
- No issues of concern were raised during our review of the budget; and
- The local government is not currently under the oversight of the Water & Wastewater Financing Board or Utility Management Review Board.
Current Certficate Recipients - FY 2020-2021
Bedford County | Maury County |
Benton County | Robertson County |
Blount County | Scott County |
Greene County | Sevier County |
Hamilton County | Union County |
Hickman County | Washington County |
Jefferson County | White County |
Lawrence County | Wilson County |
Algood | Etowah | Pigeon Forge |
Ardmore | Farragut | Piperton |
Athens | Forest Hills | Pittman Center |
Auburntown | Friendsville | Plainview |
Baneberry | Goodlettsville | Powells Crossroads |
Bolivar | Greenback | Pulaski |
Brentwood | Gruetli-Laager | Ridgeside |
Byrdstown | Guys | Ripley |
Carthage | Hollow Rock | Rives |
Caryville | La Vergne | Rockford |
Centerville | Lakeland | Saulsbury |
Charleston | Lakesite | Sevierville |
Chattanooga | Lawrenceburg | Shelbyville |
Church Hill | Loretto | Smyrna |
Clarksville | Lynnville | Soddy-Daisy |
Collegedale | Madisonville | South Pittsburg |
Columbia | Maryville | Sparta |
Cookeville | Medon | Sweetwater |
Cornersville | Middleton | Tazewell |
Covington | Monteagle | Townsend |
Cumberland Gap | Mount Pleasant | Trenton |
Dandridge | Munford | Watauga |
Decaturville | Newport | Westmoreland |
Dickson | Norris | White House |
Dover | Oak Ridge | Winchester |
Dresden | Paris | Winfield |
Elizabethton | Pegram |
Bean Station Utility District | New Canton Utility District |
Blount County Fire Protection District | New Market Utility District |
Castalian Springs-Bethpage Utility District | Nolensville-College Grove Utility District |
Center Grove-Winchester Springs Utility District | North Utility District of Decatur and Benton Counties, Tennessee |
Chuckey Utility District | North Utility District of Rhea County |
Cordell Hull Utility District | North West Utility District |
Crab Orchard Utility District | Northeast Knox Utility District |
Cumberland Heights Utility District | Northwest Dyersburg Utility District |
Cumberland Utility District of Roane and Morgan Counties | Oak Ridge Utility District |
Cunningham Utility District | O'Connor Utility District |
DeKalb Utility District | Old Knoxville Highway Utility District |
Dewhite Utility District | Perryville Utility District |
East Fork Utility District | Persia Utility District |
East Montgomery Utility District | Pleasant View Utility District |
Fall Creek Falls Utility District | Poplar Grove Utility District |
Gladeville Utility District | Powell Valley Utility District |
Grandview Utility District | Powell-Clinch Utility District |
Hampton Utility District | Quebeck-Walling Utility District |
Harpeth Valley Utility District | Reelfoot Lake Regional Utility and Planning District |
Hendersonville Utility District | Riceville Utility District |
Hornbeak Utility District | Roane Central Utility District |
Horton Highway Utility District | Russellville-Whitesburg Utility District |
Huntsville Utility District | Sewanee Utility District |
Jefferson-Cocke Counties Utility District | Smith Utility District |
Knox-Chapman Utility District | South Bristol-Weaver Pike Utility District |
Laguardo Utility District | South Elizabethton Utility District |
Lakeview Utility District | West Knox Utility District |
Madison Suburban Utility District of Davidson County | West Warren-Viola Utility District |
Mallory Valley Utility District | West Wilson Utility District |
Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District | White House Utility District |