Oakland Budget Official Awarded Prestigious Honor By Statewide Finance Organization

Pontiac, MI, September 25, 2008 Timothy Soave, manager of the Oakland County Fiscal Services Division, Department of Management and Budget, has been awarded an Honorary Life Membership from the Michigan Government Finance Officers Association (MGFOA) for dedicated service to the organization.

Soave, a Rochester Hills resident, is one of only 17 honorary life members out of some 839 MGFOA members statewide. 

For the past decade, Soave has served on the MGFOA Board of Directors in a variety of capacities including as president, vice president / secretary, treasurer, GFOA representative and director.  During his tenure on the board, MGFOA membership has grown by 30% and the association has spearheaded numerous pieces of legislation that have dramatically improved governmental finance in the state of Michigan.

As manager of the Oakland County Fiscal Services Division, Soave, a 29-year county employee, oversees a workforce of 95 employees, who work in accounting, budgeting, payroll, reimbursements, grants administration and accounts payable.

"Tim has played a major role in my administration and contributes greatly to the county's success," said Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson. "His efforts have resulted in the county being able to balance its budget through 2010, not an easy task given the current state of the economy."

Soave is one of three GFOA Certified Public Finance Officers (CPFO) employed by Oakland County.  There are only 12 CPFOs in Michigan and 354 across the United States and Canada.

Soave and his wife, Melody, have been married for 30 years and have one son, Andrew.

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at (248) 858-1048.

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