For a city that's all about fiscal finesse, Weston, FL has scored another financial touchdown. For the 22nd year running, the pencil pushers at Weston have snagged the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award — a hat tip to the number-crunchers’ ability to swiftly churn out a government budget that sings to the tune of top-tier budgeting standards. According to the city's announcement, this accolade stems from the Government Finance Officers Association’s nod to the City of Weston for their fiscal savvy.
Bagging this award isn't a walk in the park — it's a testament to the hard graft and financial wizardry happening in the Budget and Finance Departments. The departments are put through their paces to ensure the budget can both talk the talk and walk the walk as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide, and a communications keystone. The city gurus have to effectively raise the bar on all four counts, plus nail an additional fourteen criteria to even be in the running for this honor.
The city's very own Director of Budget, Bryan Cahen, is the man of the hour, bringing home the trophy yet again. According to the city's report, this finance phenom has been at the financial helm of Weston for nearly 11 years. Home is where the heart is for Cahen, a tried-and-true resident, with his family firmly rooted in the city, seeing his son Ian rocking his academics at the University of Central Florida, and daughter Jolie traversing her freshman year over at Valencia College in Orlando.
When he's not balancing the books or making city budget magic happen, Cahen finds solace in the strokes of his paintbrush and the steady rhythm of his running shoes. His love for creation extends to art and the literary worlds he explores through audio books — a well-rounded chap, indeed. And for those itching to get into the nitty-gritty of how Cahen and his team manage to continuously to knock it out of the park, the City Manager's budget for Fiscal Year 2024/2025 is just a click away on the city's website.
