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Mayor’s Update:

More Recognitions For City Of Boca Raton

Scott Singer is the 35th employees – providing outstanding services with one of Financial Services: City staff earned the Certificate
Mayor of Boca Raton and the lowest millage rates of any full-service city in Florida. of Achievement from the Government Finance
was re-elected in 2023. Thanks to another of our team, our communications Officers Association (GFOA), which is the highest
A South Florida native, department, for these updates: Safer Streets: The City of form of recognition in governmental accounting and
attorney, mediator, and Boca Raton was an honored recipient of two 2024 Safe financial reporting, and which represents a significant
small business owner, Scott Streets Summit Awards. The city earned the Complete accomplishment by a government and its management.
and his wife Bella live in Streets Community Award for its significant contribution The city’s budget presentation has exceeded nationally
Broken Sound with their to implementing Complete Streets, including doing recognized guidelines for policy documents, financial
two young children. an outstanding job engaging the community. Recent plan and communication. This is the 42nd consecutive
Regular readers of this initiatives have included Mobility Week events and year the city has been recognized. Our city’s bond-rating
column routinely see me education, pedestrian safety improvements along A1A remains AAA, which means the rating agencies view our
extol the hard work of our and in the downtown district, new bike lanes and a bike credit as higher than the United States of America’s!
dedicated city employees. We often focus on the most box, the Walk & Roll to School event, a new Complete Beaches: The city was recognized by the American
visible employees: our first responders, sanitation workers Streets Policy, and the start of a major revisioning of one Shore and Beach Preservation Association for its multi-
and events teams. Behind the scenes, though, lies excellence of the city’s main corridors, East Palmetto Park Road. jurisdictional beach restoration collaboration. The
across the board, from municipal services to our utilities In addition, Council Member Yvette Drucker received project successfully renourished beaches in Boca Raton,
teams to our financial staff, and more. Below are a few the Complete Streets Champion Award for her work in Deerfield Beach and Hillsboro Beach using the city’s inlet
of the recent recognitions earned by City of Boca Raton advancing Complete Streets in the county. ebb shoal as the sand source. Together, the projects led
to cost savings and enhanced inlet navigation.
Green Space: The City of Boca Raton is celebrating
True Treasures its 44th consecutive year as a Tree City U.S.A. and
its fifth Growth Award from the National Arbor Day
Consigned Furniture Foundation, which promotes the benefit trees bring to
urban environments: cooler temperatures, cleaner air,
& Home Décor higher property values and healthier residents. The
recognition and award are reflective of the city’s long-
TrueTreasuresInc.com standing efforts to maintain and strengthen its tree canopy.
Environmental: The Water Environment Federation

Why pay retail when you can find a True Treasure? (WEF) recognized the city for its commitment to providing
environmentally sound treatment for wastewater using a
sustainable operation and best management practices. The
award honors the city’s Beneficial Biosolids Reuse, its work
Now Accepting in community engagement, watershed stewardship and
recovery of resources such as water, energy and nutrients.
Consignments We will continue to highlight more of our continued
successes. Want to see more of them or discuss anything?
Please reach out with your thoughts to ssinger@myboca.
Over $1,000,000 us. I feel blessed to work with great teams of dedicated
professionals, and moreover to work for the residents of
paid to consignors our city.
in 2023.

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