Forty-eight local governments are recipients of the 2015 Certificates in Performance Management from the ICMA Center for Performance Analytics (icma.org/performance-certificates). Awarded annually, the certificates recognize performance management programs, encourage comparative analysis, and reward transparency.

Based on established criteria explained here, they are awarded at three levels: excellence, which is the highest, along with distinction and achievement.

• Certificates of Achievement are awarded to those who collect and verify data to ensure reliability, train staff in performance measurement, and report data to the public through budgets, newsletters, and information provided to elected officials.
• Certificates of Distinction are awarded to those who also use performance data in strategic planning and operational decision making and share their knowledge with other local governments through presentations, site visits, and networking activities.
• Certificates of Excellence go to those who, in addition, track and report key outcomes, survey residents and local government employees, incorporate data into performance dashboards or other visual communications, and foster the development of a performance culture throughout their organizations.

ICMA is accepting applications for the 2016 Certificates in Performance Management. Criteria and an application to download can be found at icma.org/performance-certificates.

Certificate of Excellence

Alachua County, Florida (Lee A. Niblock, County Manager)

Albany, Oregon (Wes Hare, City Manager)

Austin, Texas (Marc A. Ott, City Manager)

Bayside, Wisconsin (Andrew K. Pederson, Village Manager)

Bellevue, Washington (Brad Miyake, City Manager)

Clayton, Missouri (Craig Owens, City Manager)

Coral Springs, Florida (Erdal Donmez, City Manager)

Dallas, Texas (A. C. Gonzalez, City Manager)

Decatur, Georgia (Peggy Merriss, City Manager)

Durham, North Carolina (Thomas J. Bonfield, City Manager)

Fairfax County, Virginia (Edward L. Long Jr., County Executive)

Fort Collins, Colorado (Darin Atteberry, City Manager)

Kansas City, Missouri (Troy Schulte, City Manager)

Mesa, Arizona (Christopher J. Brady, City Manager)

Miami-Dade County, Florida (Carlos Gimenez, Mayor)

Montgomery County, Maryland (Timothy L. Firestine, Chief Administrative Officer)

New Orleans, Louisiana (Andrew Kopplin, First Deputy Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (James D. Couch, City Manager)

Olathe, Kansas (Michael Wilkes, City Manager)

Peoria, Arizona (Carl Swenson, City Manager)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Richard Negrin, Managing Director)

Phoenix, Arizona (Ed Zuercher, City Manager)

Poudre Fire Authority, Colorado (Ann Turnquist, Administrative Services Director)

Purcellville, Virginia (Robert W. Lohr Jr., Town Manager)

Rock Hill, South Carolina (David Vehaun, City Manager)

San Antonio, Texas (Sheryl L. Sculley, City Manager)

San Francisco, California (Ben Rosenfield, Controller)

San Jose, California (Norberto Duenas, City Manager)

Scottsdale, Arizona (Fritz Behring, City Manager)

Tacoma, Washington (T.C. Broadnax, City Manager)

Tamarac, Florida (Michael Cernech, City Manager)

Williamsburg, Virginia (Jackson C. Tuttle, Former City Manager; Marvin E. Collins III, City Manager)

Woodbury, Minnesota (Clint P. Gridley, City Administrator)

Certificate of Distinction

Bettendorf, Iowa (Decker P. Ploehn, City Administrator)

Bloomington, Illinois (David A. Hales, City Manager)

Fayetteville, North Carolina (Theodore L. Voorhees, City Manager)

Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Lee Feldman, City Manager)

Gilbert, Arizona (Patrick S. Banger, Town Manager)

North Hempstead, New York (Aline Khatchadourian, Deputy Supervisor)

Palm Coast, Florida (James Landon, City Manager)

Richmond, Virginia (Selena Cuffee-Glenn, Chief Administrative Officer)

Suwanee, Georgia (Marvin R. Allen, City Manager)

Wichita, Kansas (Robert L. Layton, City Manager)

Certificate of Achievement

Algonquin, Illinois (Tim J. Schloneger, Village Administrator)

Grafton, Wisconsin (Darrell Hofland, Village Administrator)

Greer, South Carolina (Edward R. Driggers, City Administrator)

Johnson City, Tennessee (M. Denis “Pete” Peterson, City Manager)

Loudoun County, Virginia (Timothy D. Hemstreet, County Administrator)