Popular Annual Financial Report FY 2024
Arlington received the 2024 Exemplary Our Driving Concern Texas Employer Traffic Safety Program Award by the National Safety Council and the Texas Department of Transportation.
The City of Arlington was one of 50 WaterSense partners honored by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency in September. The agency presented Arlington Water Utilities with an award for Excellence in Education and Outreach for activites such as year-round sprinkler evaluations, Fix a Leak Week events, a showerhead exchange program and free sprinkler test kits.
The University of Texas at Arlington and the City of Arlington were recognized internationally for the innovative Arlington RAPID on-demand, self-driving public transportation service. UTA President Dr. Jennifer Cowley and Arlington Mayor Jim Ross accepted the 2024 Tech- InnovaCity Seoul Smart City Prize for Institutions for the public transportation partnership that began in 2021.
The City of Arlington was recently recognized by the Government Finance Officers Association( GFOA) for its Fiscal Year 2025 budget, receiving GFOA’ s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. This is the 39th year in a row, that the City of Arlington has received this award. This year, Arlington’ s budget also received a special recognition for Long-term Financial Forecast and its Financial Policies, highlighting the City’ s strong financial planning and management.
The City of Arlington was among 15 cities to earn the Texas Municipal League’ s Scenic City Certification for the 2024-2029 period.
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