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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. JO
For Meeting of: October 16, 2012
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ITEM TITLE: State Auditor's Reports - City's 2011 Financial Statements
and Federal Single Audit
SUBMITTED BY: Finance Division
CONTACT Cindy Epperson, Director of Finance & Budgeting; (# 576 -
PERSON /TELEPHONE: 6771)
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Attached for Council's information is the Washington State Auditor's Office (SAO) report
regarding their examination of the City of Yakima for the period January 1 through
December 31, 2011. The Auditor's examination (audit) included three areas of review, as
noted below:
1. Financial Reporting, with respect to:
(a) Evaluation of internal controls
(b) Compliance with laws and regulations
2. Federal Regulations, with respect to:
(a) Compliance with laws and regulations
(b) Evaluation of internal controls
3. Financial Statements (and related disclosures and internal controls)
As stated in the enclosed auditor's reports, the Auditors gave the City's Financial
Statements an Unqualified Opinion (i.e.: a clean opinion with no qualifications - the highest
possible rating). The City has received an Unqualified Opinion from the State Auditors on
our financial statements every year for more than two decades. The final audit by the SAO
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 is currently in progress; this is an
"Accountability" audit; when complete, this will conclude the auditor's work regarding fiscal
year 2011.
The Federal Single Audit from the prior year had included "findings ", which are reportable
conditions of non - compliance with the federal rules and regulations. I am pleased to report
that all of these conditions were addressed and remedied - -this year's report does not
include any findings.
Due to the size and complexity of documents included in the audit report, only the auditors
written reports and comments have been included in the Council packet; however the entire
report - including the financial statements themselves and the related footnotes,
Management Discussion and Analysis and supplemental information - may be found on the
State Auditor's website -
www.sao.wa.gov /EN/ Audits /Pages /Search /AuditReportSearch.asr x - then enter "City of
Yakima" ; or simply select "Yakima, City of in the specific government drop down box
towards the bottom of the screen.
(Additionally, the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) is posted on the City's
website. To access the CAFR on -line, go to " www. ci.yakima. wa. us'; then go to "City
Departments" and click on "Finance'; on the left -hand side listed under "Pages", click on
"Financial Reports", and then "2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report". )
Resolution Ordinance Other Report - 2011
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Contract: Mail to:
Contract Term: Amount: Expiration Date:
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ATTACHMENTS:
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❑ 2011 Audit Summary
❑ 2011 SAO Report
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Audit Results Summary:
1) Financial Reporting (pg. 5 & 6).
(a) Internal Controls: The auditors reviewed the City's internal controls over financial reporting to
the extent the Auditor's considered necessary for the purpose of designing their auditing
procedures for the purpose of expressing their opinion on the financial statements.
The audit states: "... we did not identify any deficiencies in internal controls over financial
reporting that we consider to be material weaknesses... ".
(b) Compliance: As part of their review to obtain reasonable assurance that the City's financial
statements are free of material misstatements, the State Auditors test for compliance with
certain provisions of laws and regulations, contracts and grant agreements. The auditor
needs to obtain reasonable assurance that compliance with laws, regulations, contracts and
grants has occurred, but they do not express an opinion on overall compliance.
The audit states: "...the results of our tests disclosed no instances of non - compliance or other
matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards... ".
2) Major (Federal) Program Regulations (pg 7 - 8):
Compliance: The auditors are required to perform audits to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether any non - compliance with laws, regulations, etc. could have a direct and material effect on
a major federal program.
The audit states: (pq. 7) "...In our opinion, the City complied, in all material respects, with the
compliance requirements ... that could have a direct and material effect on each of its major
federal programs for the year ended December 31, 2011."
Internal Controls over Compliance: The auditors perform procedures to test internal controls
over compliance requirements that could have a direct and material effect on major federal
programs for the purpose of expressing an opinion on compliance (as noted above) and to
test and report on internal control over compliance in accordance with OMB Circular A -133.
The auditors reported "We did not identify any deficiencies in internal control over compliance
that we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above."
3) Financial Statements (pg 9 & 10): the State Auditors audited - and expressed an opinion on - the
City's Financial Statements for the period January 1 through December 31, 2011. The auditors
gave the City an unqualified opinion - the highest rating possible.
The auditors stated "...In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities, the business -type
activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of Yakima,
as of December 31, 2011, and the respective changes in financial position and, where applicable,
cash flows thereof, and the respective budgetary comparisons for the General and Community
Development Fund for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America."
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Financial Statements and Federal Single Audit Report
of Yakima
Yakima County
Audit Period
January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011
Report No. 1008396
Issue Date � " ' a '. WASHINGTON
September 20, 2012 f )BRIAN � �T SONNTAG
L�11I11V STATE AUDITOR
Federal Summary
City of Yakima
Yakima County
January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011
The results of our audit of the City of Yakima are summarized below in accordance with U.S.
Office of Management and Budget Circular A -133.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
An unqualified opinion was issued on the financial statements of the governmental activities, the
business -type activities, each major fund and the aggregate remaining fund information.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting:
• Significant Deficiencies: We reported no deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting that we consider to be significant deficiencies.
• Material Weaknesses: We identified no deficiencies that we consider to be material
weaknesses.
We noted no instances of noncompliance that were material to the financial statements of the
City.
FEDERAL A WARDS
Internal Control Over Major Programs:
• Significant Deficiencies: We reported no deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal control over major federal programs that we consider to be significant
deficiencies.
• Material Weaknesses: We identified no deficiencies that we consider to be material
weaknesses.
We issued an unqualified opinion on the City's compliance with requirements applicable to each
of its major federal programs.
We reported no findings that are required to be disclosed under section 510(a) of OMB
Circular A -133.
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Table of Contents
City of Yakima
Yakima County
January 1, 2011 through December. 3 2011
Federal Summary .. 1
Schedule of Prior Federal Audit Findings 3
Independent Auditor's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and on
Compliance and Other Matters in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards 5
Independent Auditor's Report on Compliance with Requirements That Could Have a Direct
and Material Effect on Each Major Program and on Internal Control over Compliance in
Accordance with OMB Circular A -133 7
Independent Auditor's Report on Financial Statements 9
Financial Section 11
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Identification of Major Programs:
The following were major programs during the period under audit:
CFDA No. Program Title
16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants Cluster
16.710 ARRA - Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants
Cluster (Recovery Act)
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction Cluster - Highway Planning and
Construction
81.128 ARRA - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
(Recovery Act)
The dollar threshold used to distinguish between Type A and Type B programs, as prescribed
by OMB Circular A -133, was $490,405.
The City did not qualify as a low-risk auditee under OMB Circular A -133.
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Schedule of Prior Federal Audit Findings
City of Yakima
Yakima County
January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011
This schedule presents the status of federal findings reported in prior audit periods. The status
listed below is the representation of the City of Yakima. The State Auditor's Office has reviewed
the status as presented by the City.
Audit Period: Report Reference Finding Reference CFDA Number(s):
January 1, 2010 - No:, No: 81.128
December 31, 2010 1006424 1
Federal Program Name and Granting Pass - Through Agency Name:
Agency: NA
ARRA - Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Block Grant, U.S. Department of Energy
Finding Caption:
The City of Yakima does not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure compliance
with the Federal Davis Bacon and Suspension and Debarment requirements.
Background:
During 2010, the City spent $387,011 in Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
Funds. We noted the City did not collect weekly certified payroll reports from contractors and
subcontractors as required by federal regulations. The amount paid to laborers was $34,790.
The City also paid one vendor $115,417 with Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
funding prior to verifying the vendor was not suspended or debarred.
In addition, the grantee must inform the primary contractor or subrecipient of the requirement
to check the suspension and debarment status of any covered transactions they enter into with
subcontractors or subrecipients. The City did not communicate this requirement to one of its
general contractors paid $93,752 in federal funds.
Status of Corrective Action: (check one)
X Fully ❑ Partially ❑ No Corrective Action ❑ Finding is considered no
Corrected Corrected Taken longer valid
Corrective Action Taken:
The Divisions that regularly administer federal grants are fully aware of these rules. In these
instances, other operating divisions were involved in contract administration, and unfortunately,
these errors were made. In each instance, there were no questioned costs as the procedures
were done, albeit, after the fact. The City takes compliance with federal grant requirements
seriously, and we communicated to all City managers these findings and the importance of
consulting with the grant "experts" when spending federal grant funds. Additionally, the
Purchasing Division has created a database accessible by all City employees that includes a
list of vendors for which they have pulled a certification from EPLS, and the date of the
certification.
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Audit Period: Report Reference Finding Reference CFDA Number(s):
January 1, 2010 - No: No: 16.710 and 16.804
• December 31, 2010 1006424 2
Federal Program Name and Granting Pass - Through Agency Name:
Agency: NA
ARRA - Public Safety Partnership and
Community Policing Grants and ARRA -
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance
Grant, U.S. Department of Justice
Finding Caption:
The City of Yakima did not ensure recipients of its federal funding were not suspended or
debarred from participating in federal programs or maintain appropriate time and effort records
to support payroll costs charged to the programs.
Background:
During 2010, the City spent $735,547 in 'federal Public Safety Partnership and Community
Policing (COPS) grant funds. The City also spent $282,233 in federal Edward Byrne Memorial
Justice Assistance Grant funds.
The City paid vendors $59,798 with COPS grant funding and $74,000 with Byrne grant funding
but did not verify the vendors were not suspended or debarred.
We also found the City did not have adequate internal controls to ensure time and effort
documentation was maintained for seven officers hired with COPS grant funding.
Status of Corrective Action: (check one)
X Fully Corrected ❑ Partially Corrected ❑ No Corrective Action Taken ❑ Finding is considered no longer valid
Corrective Action Taken:
The Divisions that regularly administer federal grants are fully aware of these rules. In these
instances, other operating divisions were involved in contract administration, and unfortunately,
these errors were made. In each instance, there were no questioned costs as the procedures
were done, albeit, after the fact. The City takes compliance with federal grant requirements
seriously, and we communicated to all City managers these findings and the importance of
consulting with the grant "experts" when spending federal grant funds.
To help with suspension and debarment verification, the Purchasing Division has created a
database accessible by all City employees that includes a list of vendors for which they have
pulled a certification from EPLS, and the date of the certification. Suspension -and debarment
was checked during 2011 for the required vendors without concern.
In the case of the documentation of time and effort, the City submitted an online quarterly
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report of sworn-officer FTEs, which was certified and submitted within the required timelines.
• However, this did not technically meet the certification rule. The City is now printing, signing
and saving the reports. The quarterly report are signed by department supervisor with direct
knowledge of the time spent by each employee in support of the federal program.
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Independent Auditor's Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting and on
Compliance and Other Matters in Accordance
with Government Auditing Standards
City of Yakima
Yakima County
January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011
Council
City of Yakima
Yakima, Washington
We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities, the business -type
activities, each major fund and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of Yakima,
Yakima County, Washington, as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011, which
collectively comprise the City's basic financial statements, and have issued our report thereon
dated September 12, 2012. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the City implemented -
Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 54, Fund Balance Reporting and
Governmental Fund Type Definitions.
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government
Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States.
INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
• In planning and performing our audit, we considered the City's internal control over financial
reporting as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our
opinions on the financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the City's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we do not
express an opinion on the effectiveness of the City's internal control over financial reporting.
A deficiency in Internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to
prevent, or detect and correct misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a
deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control such that there is a reasonable
possibility that a material misstatement of the City's financial statements will not be prevented,
or detected and corrected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose
described in the first paragraph of this section and would not necessarily identify all deficiencies
in internal control that might be deficiencies, significant deficiencies or material weaknesses.
We did not identify any deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that we consider
to be material weaknesses, as defined above.
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COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the City's financial statements are
free of material misstatement, we performed tests of the City's compliance with certain
provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grant agreements, noncompliance with which
could have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts.
However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our
audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that are
required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.
This report is intended for the information and use of management, the Council, federal
awarding agencies and pass- through entities. However, this report is a matter of public record
and its distribution is not limited. It also serves to disseminate information to the public as a
reporting tool to help citizens assess government operations.
BRIAN SONNTAG, CGFM
STATE AUDITOR
September 12, 2012
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Independent Auditor's Report on Compliance
with Requirements That Could Have a Direct
and Material Effect on Each Major Program and
on Internal Control over Compliance in
Accordance with OMB Circular A -133
City of Yakima
Yakima County
January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011
Council
City of Yakima
Yakima, Washington
COMPLIANCE
We have audited the compliance of the City of Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, with the
types of compliance requirements described in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Circular A - 133 Compliance Supplement that could have a direct and material effect on
each of its major federal programs for the year ended December 31, 2011. The City's major
federal programs are identified in the Federal Summary. Compliance with the requirements of
laws, regulations, contracts and grants applicable to each of its major federal programs is the
responsibility of the City's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the City's
compliance based on our audit.
We conducted our audit of compliance in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America; the standards applicable to financial audits contained
in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States; and
OMB Circular A - 133, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non - Profit Organizations.
Those standards and OMB Circular A -133 require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether noncompliance with the types of compliance requirements
referred to above that could have a direct and material effect on a major federal program
occurred. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence about the City's compliance
with those requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in
the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our
audit does not provide a legal determination on the City's compliance with those requirements.
In our opinion, the City complied, in all material respects,- with the compliance requirements
referred to above that could have .a direct and material effect on each of its major federal
programs for the year ended December 31, 2011.
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INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE
The management of the City is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal
control over compliance with requirements of laws, regulations, contracts and grants applicable
to federal programs. In planning and performing our audit, we considered the City's internal
control over compliance with the requirements that could have a direct and material effect on a
major federal program in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on compliance and to test and report on internal control over compliance
in accordance with OMB Circular A -133, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of internal control over compliance. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on
the effectiveness of the City's internal control over compliance.
A deficiency in internal control over compliance exists when the design or operation of a control
over compliance does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing
• their assigned functions, to prevent or detect and correct noncompliance with a type of
compliance requirement of a federal program on a timely basis. A material weakness in internal
control over compliance is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over
compliance, such that there is a reasonable possibility that material noncompliance with a type
of compliance - requirement of a federal program will not be prevented, or detected and
corrected, on a timely basis.
Our consideration of internal control over compliance was for the limited purpose described in
the first paragraph of this section and would not necessarily identify all deficiencies in internal
control that might be deficiencies, significant deficiencies or material weaknesses. We did not
identify any deficiencies in internal control over compliance that we consider to be material
weaknesses, as defined above.
This report is intended for the information of management, the Council, federal awarding
agencies• and pass- through entities. However, this report is a matter of public record and its
distribution is not limited. It also serves to disseminate information to the public as a reporting
tool to help citizens assess government operations.
BRIAN SONNTAG, CGFM
STATE AUDITOR
September 12, 2012
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Independent Auditor's Report on Financial
Statements
City of Yakima
Yakima County
January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011
Council
City of Yakima
Yakima, Washington
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, the
business -type activities, each major fund and the aggregate remaining fund information of the
City of Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011,
which collectively comprise the City's basic financial statements as listed on page 11. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the City's management. Our responsibility is to
express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. The prior year summarized
comparative information has been derived from the City of Yakima's 2010 basic financial
statements and, in our report dated September 13, 2011, we expressed unqualified opinions on
the respective financial statements of the governmental activities, the business -type activities,
each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information.
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government
Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinions.
in our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects,
the respective financial position of the governmental activities, the business -type activities, each
major fund and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of Yakima, as of
December. 31, 2011, and the respective changes in financial position and, where applicable,
cash flows thereof, and the respective budgetary comparison for the General and Community
Development funds, for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
As described in Note 13, during the year ended December 31, 2011, the City implemented
Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 54, Fund Balance Reporting and
Governmental Fund Type Definitions.
In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report on our
consideration of the City's internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its
compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grant agreements and
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other matters. The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of internal
control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide
an opinion on the internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an
integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and
should be considered in assessing the results of our audit.
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the
management's discussion and analysis on pages 12 through 25, pension trust fund information
on pages 97 through 98 and information on postemployment benefits other than pensions on
page 99 be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such information, although
not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting
Standards Board who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the
basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic or historical context. We
have applied certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which
consisted of inquiries of management about the methods of preparing the information and
comparing the information for consistency with management's responses to our inquiries, the
basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during the audit of the basic
financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the
information because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express
an opinion or provide any assurance.
Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that
collectively comprise the City's basic financial statements. The accompanying Schedule of
Expenditures of Federal Awards is presented for purposes of additional analysis as required by
U.S. Office of Management and Budget Circular A - 133,.Audits of States, Local Governments,
and Non - Profit Organizations. This schedule is not a required part of the basic financial
statements. Such information is the responsibility of management and was derived from and
relates directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial
statements. The information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit
of the basic financial statements and certain additional procedures, including comparing and
reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to
prepare the financial statements or to the financial statements themselves, and other additional
procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America. In our opinion, the information is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the
basic financial statements taken as a whole.
BRIAN SONNTAG, CGFM
STATE AUDITOR
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