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LETTER to the DECATUR CITY COUNCIL <br /> Finance Department <br /> DATE: August 11, 2021 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Moore Wolfe and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Scot Wrighton, City Manager <br /> Gregg D.Zientara, City Treasurer&Director of Finance <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing Professional Service Agreement with CliftonLarsonAllen, <br /> LLP for Auditing Services and Non-Audit Advisory services <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> City Administration recommends Council approval of the attached Resolution to authorize the <br /> Mayor and City Manager to enter into a professional service agreement with CliftonLarsonAllen, <br /> LLP ("CLA')for Auditing services and Non-Audit Advisory services whereby CLA will perform the <br /> independent audit of the financial statements of the City of Decatur for the year ended December <br /> 31,2021. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP has served as the City of Decatur audit partner and has performed <br /> independent auditing services for the City of Decatur since 2005. <br /> The relationship has been and remains a satisfactory professional relationship benefiting the City <br /> of Decatur.The duration of the relationship and CLA acquired knowledge of the financial affairs of <br /> the City of Decatur, benefits the city with manageable audit fees resulting from CLA's acquired <br /> knowledge. <br /> Based upon CLA estimate of the audit engagement work-scope, the fee for the engagement is <br /> $79,380, comprised of$75,600 audit fee and $3,780 technology fee, and includes two(2)federal <br /> grant program reviews in accordance with federal single audit requirements. Each additional <br /> federal grant program requiring federal single audit review will cost$5,000. <br /> The CLA audit fee for the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2021, is a 3% <br /> increase from the CLA audit fee for the financial statements for the year ending December 31, <br /> 2020. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: <br /> There are no known objections to this resolution request. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: <br /> No input from other sources. <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />