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Governmem Finance Officers Association 203 N. LaSalle Sirect- SUite 2700 OCT 9 Chicago, II_. 60601 111-mic(312,1 977-9700 Fix(3'12}977-4806 October 14, 2015 'rimSimon Finance Director City of Elk River- 13065 iver13065 Orono Parkway Elk I�iver MN55330 Dear Mr. Simon: We are pleased to notify YOU that your comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, qualifies for a Certificate of Achievement For Excellence in Financial Reporting, The Certificate oil'Achievement is the highest form of recognition in governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management Each entity submitting a report to the Certificate of Achievement review process is provided:: with a "Summary of Grading" Form and a confidential list of comments and suggestions for possible improvements in its financial reporting techniques. Your list has been enclosed. You are strongly encouraged to implement the recommended improvements into the next: report and submit it to the program. If it is Unclear what 111LIst be done to implement a comment or if there appears to be a discrepancy between the comment and the information in the CAFR, please contact the Technical Services Center (312) 977-9700 and ask to speak with a Certificate of'Achievement Program in-house reviewer. Certificate of Achievement program policy requires that written responses to the comments and suggestions for improvement accompany the next fiscal year's submission. Your written responses should provide detail about how you choose to address each itern that is contained within this report. These responses will be provided to those Special Review Committee members participating in the review. When a Certificate of Achievement is awarded to as government, an Award of Financial Reporting Achievement (AFRA) is also presented to the individual(s) or department designated by the government as primarily responsible for its having earned the Certificate. Inclosed is an AFI�A for: Finance Department,City of Elk River Continuing participants will find a certificate and brass medallion enclosed With these NSL[Its. First-time recipients will find a certificate enclosed with these results followed by a plaque in about 10 weeks. We hope that you will arrange for a formal presentation of the Certificate and Award of inancial Reporting Achievement, and that appropriate publicity will be given to this notable achievement, A sample news release has been enclosed, WC suggest that you provide copies of it to local newspapers, radio stations and television stations. lit addition, details of recent recipients of the Certificate ol'Achievernent and other information about Certificate Program results are available in the "'Awards Program" area of our website, www.gfoa.org .