Fiscal Year 2025 Adopted Budget<\/a>, the highest honor in governmental budgeting.<\/p>\nThe budget also received special recognition for the highest possible score in the following categories:<\/p>\n
Long-range operating financial plans
\nStrategic goals and strategies<\/p>\n
This award reflects the dedication of the City Council, City Manager, and budget staff to produce a budget that serves as a policy document, financial plan, operations guide, and communications tool. Cape Coral\u2019s FY 2025 Adopted Budget continues to set a benchmark for quality budgeting across North America. Click the cover page to view the 2025 Budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 30, 2026 The City of Cape Coral\u2019s Financial Services Department earned a prestigious award and special recognition…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-357629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>The City of Cape Coral\u2019s Financial Services Department earned a prestigious award and special recognition from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for excellence in budgeting. These achievements underscore the City\u2019s commitment to transparency, accountability, and high standards in financial management.<\/p>\n