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<br />Awards <br /> <br />The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) awarded a Certificate of Achievement <br />for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the City of Paris for its comprehensive. annual fmancial report (CAFR) for the fiscal <br />year ended September 30,2005. The Certificate of Achievement is a prestigious national award recognizing confonnance with <br />the highest standards for preparation of state and local government fmancial reports. <br /> <br />In order to be awarded a Certificate of Achievement, a government unit must publish an easily readable and efficiently <br />organized comprehensive annual financial report, whose contents conform to program standards. The CAFR must satisfy both <br />generally accepted accounting principles and applicable legal requirements. <br /> <br />A Certificate of Achievement is valid for a period of one year only. We believe our current report continues to conform to the <br />Certificate of Achievement program requirements, and we are submitting it to GFOA. <br /> <br />Acknowledgments <br /> <br />The preparation of this report could not have been accomplished without the full support and efficient and dedicated efforts of <br />the entire staff of the Finance Department and the competent services of the independent auditors, McClanahan and Holmes, <br />LLP, CP As. I express my appreciation to all members of the Finance Department who assisted and contributed to the <br />completion of this report and to all City departments involved in the preparation of infonnation for this report. In addition, I <br />express my appreciation to the Mayor, City Council, and City Manager for their continuing interest and support in planning <br />and conducting the financial affairs of the City in a responsible and progressive manner. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />J;.t~ <br /> <br />W. E. Anderson <br />Director of Finance <br /> <br />1-6 <br />