2015 06-15 CC PACKET - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

CliflonLafsmAlleh LLP CLAconnect.com (� CliftonLarsonA[len INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT Honorable. Mayor Members of the City Council and Citizens City of Gem Lake Gem Lake, Minnesota Report on the Financial Statements 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 Gem Lake. (the City), Minnesota as of and for the year 'ended December 31, 2014, and the related notes to the financial statements; which collectively comprise the. City's basic financial statements as listed in the table of contents. Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management, is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting .principles generally accepted in the United. States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement; whether due. to fraud or error, Auditors' Responsibility Our responsibility 15 to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. 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 Govemment Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perforrri the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the.financial statements are free from material misstatement, An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence abort the amounts and disclosures in the financial .statements.. The procedures selected depend. on the auditors' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of maternal misstatement of the financial statements, whether .due to fraud or error: In making those. risk: assessments, the auditor considers internal control. relevant to the City's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances;..but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the City's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant. accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements, We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinions. a eooft cr ire &rdNalaIrg dle.v (1)