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..... .'" November 20, 2003 Page Two Audit Procedures - General .An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosmes in the financial statements; therefore, our audit will involve judgment about the number of transactions to be examined and the areas to be tested. We will plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable rather than absolute assmance about whether the financial s1atements are free of material misstatement, whether from errors, fraudulent financial reporting, misappropriation of assets, or violations of laws or governmental regulations that are attributable to the City or to acts by management or employees acting on behalf of the City. Because an audit is designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance and because we will not perform. a detailed eJCamination of all transactions, there is a risk that material misstatements may exist and not be detected by us. In addition, an audit is not designed to detect immaterial misstatements, or violations of laws or governmental regulatio:qs that do not have a direct and material effect on the financial statements. However, we will inform. you of any material errors that come to our attention, and we will inform. you of any fraudulent financial reporting or misappropriation of assets that come to our attention. We will also inform you of any violations of laws or governmental regulations that come to our attention, unless clearly inconsequential Our responsibility as an auditor is limited to the period covered by our audit and does not extend to matters that might arise during any later periods for which we are not engaged as auditors. Our pr~ures will include tests of documentary evidence supporting the transactions recorded in the accounts, and may include tests of the physical existence of inventories, and direct confirmation of receivables and certain other assets and liabilities by correspondence with selected individuals, creditors, and financial institutions. We will request written representations from your attorneys as part of the engagement, and they may bill you for responding to this inquiry. At the conclusion of our audit, we will also require certain written representations from you about the financiaI statements and related matters. Identifying and ensuring that the City complies with laws, regulations, contracts, and agreements is the responsibility of management As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, we will perform. tests of the City's comp~ce with applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of contracts and agreements. However, the objective of our audit will not be to provide an opinion on overall compliance and we will not express such an opinion. Audit Procedures - Internal Control In planning and performing our audit, we will consider the internal control sufficient to plan the audit in order to determine the nature, timing, and extent of our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the City's financiaI statements. .An audit is not designed to provide assurance on internal control or to identify reportable conditions. However, we will inform the governing body or audit committee of any matters involving internal control and its operation that we consider to be reportable conditions under standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Reportable conditions involve matters coming to our attention relating to significant deficiencies in the design or operation of the internal control that, in our judgment, could adversely affect the City's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financiaI data consistent with the assertions of management in the financial statements.