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Regular-General Government # 45.
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| Board of Supervisors |
Financial Services |
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| Receive and file the County's annual financial statements and independent auditor's report for fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. (No general fund impact) (Rinde) |
| Recommended Action |
- Receive and file the County's annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, including the independent auditor's report; and
- Receive the Chief Financial Officer's summary report on the financial results for the fiscal year 2017-18 and financial trends.
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| Operational Excellence |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
The Board of Supervisors contracted with Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP (VTD) to conduct the annual audit of the county's financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. VTD has completed its work and issued its reports on December 21, 2018 as summarized below. This issuance is within six months of the fiscal year end and is deemed timely according to financial reporting best practices set by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and is consistent with the prior year. The county's comprehensive annual financial report has been submitted to the GFOA for consideration for its Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Program. The independent auditor's report is included in Attachment A and the County Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018 with the independent auditor's opinion, are included in Attachment B.
The auditors opine that the financial statements are presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. This represents a clean (unmodified) audit opinion, which is invaluable to the users of our financial statements.
The comprehensive annual financial report has been posted online and distributed to interested parties. The financial results shown therein are encouraging and are also depicted in graphical format and in the context of historical trends in Attachment C.
The auditors are finalizing the Single Audit Report and the Management Letter for the same fiscal year and these will be issued by the audit firm prior to the end of March, 2019, and will be reported to the Board in April. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
The Financial Oversight Committee received a status report on the progress of the audit directly from the independent auditors at its November 6, 2018 meeting and will receive a final update at the May 21, 2019 meeting. The Department of Financial Services
is continuing to collaborate to complete the Single Audit (audit of federal funds) prior to the legal deadline of March 31, 2019. County departments affected by the audit will respond to audit findings and recommendations. |
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