STAFF REPORTS
The City of Kyle has received a Gold Leadership Circle Award from the Texas Comptroller’s office for exceeding government transparency standards set by the state agency.
The Comptroller’s office Leadership Circle recognizes local governments that have either taken their first steps toward, made strides to meet, or have exceeded transparency standards. The three award levels are:
• Gold – to those who are setting the bar in transparency
• Silver – to those who are making continued progress
• Bronze – to those who are just beginning their transparency efforts
The main criteria for the awards include having the city’s budget, audit, and check register available online. Other minor criteria involve local government and council contact info, public information requests, easy access to documents, and other financial information. Approximately 95 Texas cities have received one of the three awards, with 58 having received the gold (including Kyle).
More information about the program is available through the web links posted below:
http://www.texastransparency.org/local/cities.php
http://www.texasahead.org/texasrising/tr1002/transparency.html
