The City of Ontario and Jacobs secured a $360,000 grant from the ODOT Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Program. Grant funds will be used to fill in stretches of sidewalk in areas used by children to walk to school. A special thanks to May Roberts Elementary, Aiken Elementary, and Alameda Elementary for their letters of support. For more information, view the linked press release. 

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The City of Ontario was recently awarded the GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the FY 2020-21 Budget. As described by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), "The award represents a significant achievement by the entity. It reflects the commitment of the governing body and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. In order to receive the budget award, the entity had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well an entity's budget serves as:

• a policy document
• a financial plan
• an operations guide
• a communications device

Read the full press release here.