Fire District honored for budget quality

Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District was awarded the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the 11th consecutive year by the Government Finance Officers Association. This award reflects the commitment of the governing body and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting.

The staff showed how well their budget serves as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide, and a communications device.

Fire Chief Tony Prior said, “Each year our staff and the budget committee put a concerted effort toward ensuring the District is fiscally responsible with revenues and expenditures, and we strive to adopt a budget that meets that. Our revenue must be used to provide the absolute best emergency customer service. We have an amazing staff of full-time career and volunteer personnel at the District, and it takes a lot of work by all of us to achieve this award. I’d like to give a special thanks to our Finance Manager Julie Spor, and our 2024 Budget Committee, including Brett Campbell, Daly Haasch, Eric Miller, Jeff Tryens, and Joel Palanuk for their hard work in overseeing the budget process, reviewing and approving the annual budget, and recommending it for adoption by the Board of Directors.”